Worshipers touch the relics of St. Pio. Five relics and a life-sized statue of St. Pio, who claimed to be the first priest in the Catholic church’s history to bear the stigmata wounds of Christ ...

St. Pio of Pietrelcina did not boast of his fame or holiness but instead showed that God “chooses the weak to confuse the strong,” said Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston.

Worshiper touches the relics of St. Pio. Five relics and a life-sized statue of St. Pio, who claimed to be the first priest in the Catholic church’s history to bear the stigmata wounds of Christ ...

Padre Pio was only 5 years old when he expressed a strong desire to serve God. Born Francesco Forgione on May 25, 1887, in Pietrelcina, Italy, he served as an altar boy at his local parish.

(AP) – Director Abel Ferrara's new project starring Shia LaBeouf pays homage to Padre Pio, the mystic Capuchin monk best known for having displayed the “stigmata” wounds of Christ.

A tapestry depicting Padre Pio hangs from the central balcony on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica during his canonization ceremony June 16. (CNS photo from Reuters) (June 17, 2002) See PADREPIO ...

In 1918 he experienced permanent wounds on his hands and feet, known as a stigmata because they replicated Jesus’ crucifixation wounds, leading to his beatification in 1999 and canonized as St ...

On June 16, 2002, Padre Pio was canonized by St. Pope John Paul II. Padre Pio is the only priest to have received the stigmata, the wounds of the crucified Jesus Christ, on his hands, feet and his ...

In 1918, he began displaying stigmata wounds on his hands and feet. In the years that followed, Padre Pio became known by believers for his ability to interpret tongues and be in multiple ...

Some were accused of exploiting their celebrity status for financial gain; the Capuchin friar Padre Pio, who developed stigmata in 1918, had a personal photographer, despite having taken a vow of ...