ROME — Known around the globe as simply “Padre Pio,” Saint Pio of Pietrelcina has been called one of the “most active” saints in the Church, and continues to work miracles for those who pray through ...

Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age By Sergio Luzzatto Translated by Frederika Randall Because 90 percent of Italians are Catholic, a writer might be wary of publishing a scrupulously ...

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Wednesday was the feast day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, commonly known as Padre Pio. We recognize saints’ feast days as a way to honor and emulate their example, and to draw close to them, as we would ...

BUENA BOROUGH — Hundreds gathered Wednesday night at the roadside shrine to St. Padre Pio, as they do every week. A brother in a long beard and a brown robe spoke about faith over the roar of passing ...

Author Colm Keane researched almost 60 Irish miracles directly attributed to the Capuchin friar for a fascinating new book On his travels through Italy, shortly after the end of World War II, Irish ...

Tears in her eyes, Lorena Ocampo joined hundreds in kneeling down Wednesday, March 14, to thank the person she believes is responsible for healing her daughter and for countless other miracles over ...

A new book by award-winning Bray-based journalist Colm Keane which chronicles miracles, cures and visions experienced by Irish devotees of Saint Padre Pio includes a miraculous occurrence in County ...

A love for Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest who grew up in Pietrelcina, has been passed down to generations of Italians.

VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II made it official Sunday: Padre Pio, long regarded by followers as a saint, was canonized in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Square that drew one of the largest crowds ever ...