Relics from Padre Pio will be venerated Tuesday at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Naperville, the only Illinois stop on the 2023 U.S. tour of the relics.

Speaking during a trip to the saint’s birthplace of Pietrelcina, the Holy Father emphasized how much Padre Pio loved the Church and all its ‘sinful children.’ Pope Francis speaks in ...

The artwork of St. Padre Pio was donated by Brian ... The organization is looking with enthusiasm toward its 10th Annual Procession and Mass at Holy Rosary Church, on Sept. 23, Padre Pio’s ...

Five relics from St. Pio of Pietrelcina, also known as Padre Pio, were on display Tuesday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville, the only stop they will make in Illinois in 2023. St.… ...

Members of the society will lead the processional with the statue of St. Padre Pio, and then proceed to the church for a 7:30 p.m. Mass celebrated by the Rev. Michael Martine, pastor of the South ...

Padre Pio “loved to repeat, ‘I’m a poor friar who prays,’ ” John Paul said in his homily. The new saint was “convinced that ‘prayer is the best weapon we have, a key that opens the ...

POTTSVILLE – William Montag knelt and bowed his head in prayer as a relic of Saint Padre Pio was pressed to his back Tuesday evening at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church.“We are asking for ...

Parishioners proceed into the church at St. Padre Pio Parish for a mass celebrating the St. Padre Pio Festival in Vineland, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019.Get Photo. 19 / 26.

St. Pio, an Italian-born Capuchin friar was known for having heavenly visions. He was drawn to religious life at the age of 10 after hearing a Capuchin speak. He first experienced stigmata in 1918 ...

Worshippers gather to pray in front of the exhumed body of mystic-saint Padre Pio in the Catholic Church of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura (St. Lawrence Outside the Walls) in Rome on Feb. 4, 2016.

Praying with life size statue of St. Pio.Veneration of the relics of Padre Pio, who was made a saint 20 years ago, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, in Newark, N.J. September, 12 ...

Padre Pio is one of the most popular saints of the 20th century, above all in Italy, despite skepticism from elites and strong opposition from many Church officials — illustrating that ...