RIDLEY TOWNSHIP – The devotion to saints and prayers of special intention are important to the parishioners of Our Lady of Peace Church, so the shrines dotting the perimeter of the church’s ...

Despite word of his gifts spreading, Padre Pio was not well known by many U.S. Catholics during the mid-20th century. However, this began to change after the healing of Vera Marie Calandra ...

Pio of Pietrelcina: Man of Hope and Healing,” we see the saint’s joy ... she was honored to interview people who personally knew Padre Pio, which enriched the film's narrative.

Lamonarca wants to encourage others in seemingly hopeless situations to ask Padre Pio for his intercession. As the title of the film states, Saint Pio is a man of hope and healing. Actor Joe ...