Padre Pio, priest, stigmatist, mystic and one of the world's most popular saints, will be dead 50 years on Sunday, September 23rd. He has inspired extraordinary devotion worldwide but has caused ...

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 ve… ...

Standalone photos from the viewing of the Padre Pio relics at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville.

The faithful flocked to Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville to see the relics of Padre Pio, a saint canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II. "These people are from all over the city.

A biopic about an Franciscan friar in the abstract, and a disjointed, badly structured Shia LaBeouf vehicle in practice. Our Padre Pio review: ...

‘Padre Pio’ Review: Abel Ferrara Directs Shia LaBeouf In a Curious Take on a 20th-Century Saint The star is an odd fit for the title figure in a muddled mix of religious biopic and Italian ...

Actor Shia LaBeouf says he leaned on the saint’s famous motto anytime things were difficult while making the film: Pray, hope, and don’t worry.

In this film directed by Abel Ferrara, Shia LaBeouf gives viewers a contemporary version of the saint — that is, one who curses a blue streak.

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.

The mystery of religious faith gets a ferocious and deeply contextualized workout in Abel Ferrara’s latest film, “Padre Pio,” which opens Friday. It’s an idiosyncratic not-quite bio-pic of ...