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 ...

Pio received the visible wounds of Christ known as the stigmata, just like St. Francis of Assisi. On Sept. 20, 1918, Padre Pio received the stigmata while praying in a church.

Those who examined him found bleeding wounds in his hands and feet and a wound in his side “such as produced by a sharp weapon.” Padre Pio had the stigmata—the marks of Christ. Old Story.

Although Catholic teaching holds that other saints have borne the stigmata, Pio is the only priest to display the wounds of Christ. Lamonarca said the stigmata are a sign of Pio’s willingness to ...

(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.

Padre Pio blesses the faithful in the church of the Capuchin convent (1968), the stigma on his right hand clearly visible DESPITE popular misconceptions, St Francis of Assisi was neither the first nor ...

More than 8,000 visitors — twice as many as expected — traveled to Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville Tuesday for an encounter with the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina.

Padre Pio was a dedicated confessor who is said to have had the stigmata, wounds on his feet, hands and side corresponding to those Jesus suffered at the crucifixion. (Credit: CNS screenshot/YouTube) ...

During his lifetime, he suffered from the stigmata, the wounds of Jesus inexplicably appearing on his body. This caused him extreme pain at all times. And on top of that, he was prevented from ...

Thousands of people are expected to view the relics of Padre Pio, a Catholic saint, during an exhibition next week at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Naperville. Ron Frederick, a church member who ...