PHOTOS: Foundation Releases Never-Before-Seen Images of Padre Pio
The candid images show the Italian priest celebrating Mass and deep in prayer but also in lighter moments of laughter, rarely captured of the friar.
The candid images show the Italian priest celebrating Mass and deep in prayer but also in lighter moments of laughter, rarely captured of the friar.
Padre Pio is mostly known for his deep wisdom about prayer and peace; his stigmata; miraculous reports of his bilocation; being physically attacked by the devil; and mastering the spiritual life.
Mark Haas, public relations director for the Archdiocese of Denver, said March 7 that the archdiocese 'has just recently been informed of this claim and we will investigate.'
Recipients of this mystical gift include St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Rita of Cascia, and perhaps even St. Paul the Apostle.
Renzo Allegri says the stigmatic saint was ‘a man of hope.’
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