SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis has traveled to southern Italy to honor a wildly popular Italian saint, Padre Pio. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F.

PIETRELCINA, Italy — Speaking Saturday in Pietrelcina, the town where St. Padre Pio was born, Pope Francis encouraged devotion to Holy Mother Church, explaining how despite the imperfection of ...

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 Sept. 23, the Church celebrates one of the most popular Catholic saints of the 20th century — St. Pio of Pietrelcina, commonly known as Padre Pio. Monday, June 30, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

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 ...

EWTN proudly presents the television premiere of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina: Man of Hope and Healing, airing at 8 p.m. ET, Saturday, December 7. This compelling documentary drama about Padre Pio ...

Ferrara, who has lived in Italy for some two decades, began making the film five years ago, ... who was born in a town not far from Padre Pio’s hometown of Pietrelcina. ...

St. Padre Pio lived in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, ... Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who died on Sept. 23, 1968, (now his feast day) possessed all of the above extraordinary powers — and then some.

Context: Padre Pio was the first priest in the Catholic Church to be stigmatized, ... The relics were on loan from The Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, located in Foggia, Italy.

Pietrelcina, Italy, Mar 17, 2018 / 03:40 am. Speaking Saturday in Pietrelcina, the town where St. Padre Pio was born, Pope Francis encouraged devotion to Holy Mother Church, explaining how despite ...