A habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina and other rare relics are coming to the U.S., brought by Capuchin friars from the very ...

Prayer is also a hallmark of devotion to St. Pio. Answering Venerable Pius XII’s pleas for the faithful to gather and pray often as a community, Padre Pio encouraged the faithful to do so ...

St. Pio of Pietrelcina ... Pope John Paul II had a particularly profound admiration for him, describing Padre Pio as “a man of prayer and suffering,” and highlighting his role in the Church ...

Pope Francis spoke to members of "Padre Pio prayer groups," workers at the Home to Relieve Suffering – founded by St. Pio in 1956 – and faithful from the Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni ...

“St. Padre Pio, a Capuchin Franciscan friar ... visited the saint during his lifetime to have their confessions and prayer requests heard. Prophecies, miraculous cures and religious conversions ...

The prayer groups established by Padre Pio have spread throughout the ... San Giovanni Rotondo, where St. Pio lived, prayed, said Mass and is now buried, is second only to the shrine of Our ...

The huge crowds assembled in and around St. Peter’s Square ... The pontiff read out a prayer he composed asking Padre Pio to “sustain us in the hour of combat and trial” and urging that ...

Some will come with rosaries, prayer cards, crucifixes and even photographs of loved ones and touch them to objects connected to St. Padre Pio, the Capuchin Franciscan friar who died in 1968.