Renzo Allegri says the stigmatic saint was ‘a man of hope.’ This portrait of St. Pio by an unknown artist of the 20th century is displayed in the church of the Capuchin convent (Iglesia Santo Anchel) ...

Padre Pio never tired of exhorting people to “pray, hope and don’t worry.” That’s a message for our own time, as we’re reminded on the Sept. 23 feast of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Joseph Pronechen ...

During his lifetime, the beloved Roman Catholic priest and friar known as Padre Pio was believed to levitate, heal the sick, read minds and bilocate — the power to be in two places at once. Since his ...

St. Pio of Pietrelcina — better known as Padre Pio — one of the most beloved modern saints in the Catholic Church, was born 137 years ago on May 25 in Pietrelcina, Italy. On the occasion of his ...