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 ...

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On Sept. 23, the Catholic Church remembers the Italian Franciscan priest St. Pio of Petrelcina, better known as “Padre Pio” and known for his suffering, humility and miracles. The man later known by ...

Francesco Forgione was born in Pietrelcina, in southern Italy, in 1887. His parents were poor farmers, whose eight children attended Mass and prayed the Rosary daily, and abstained from meat three ...

The exhumed body of Padre Pio, a saint considered a miracle worker by his devotees, attracted thousands of pilgrims on Thursday when it went on display 40 years after his death. Padre Pio is one of ...

Padre Pio's body has been exhumed and is on public display in San Giovanni Rotondo for the first time, 40 years after his death in 1968. His body is being displayed in a crystal, marble and silver ...

Padre Pio, whose real name was Francesco Forgione, was born to Giuseppe and Grazio Forgione in Pietrelcina, Italy on May 25, 1887. Although the Forgiones were basically a poor family, they were very ...

On Saturday Pope Francis said St. Padre Pio is a key example of someone who has given their entire life in the service of God's mercy, but cautioned that there is only one reason he was able to do so: ...