The Village Voice

Shia Labeouf in ‘Padre Pio’ – Little to Believe In

Padre Pio was, by all accounts, a remarkable man. Born in 1887, he lived to be 81, serving for many decades as a Franciscan friar before being canonized by the Catholic Church in 2002. He was an ...
National Catholic Register

Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry: Padre Pio’s Guidance for Times Like Ours

St. Pio of Pietrelcina, born Francesco Forgione on May 25, 1887, in Pietrelcina, Italy, is one of the most revered saints of the Catholic Church. From a young age, he demonstrated a deep devotion to ...
The New Yorker

Shia LaBeouf Discovers the Political Power of Catholic Ecstasy in “Padre Pio”

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 the ...
National Catholic Register

See Where Padre Pio Received the Stigmata, Bilocated and Worked Miracles

My experience visiting the 10 friaries of Padre Pio — a journey that resulted in the book ‘Following Padre Pio’ — was a true adventure. St. Pio of Pietrelcina with the book cover from ‘Following Padre ...
Republican Herald

Faithful ask for intercession of Saint Padre Pio at viewing of relics in St. Patrick church

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X POTTSVILLE – William Montag knelt and bowed his head in prayer as a relic of Saint Padre Pio was ...
Chicago Tribune

Five relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina expected to bring thousands to Naperville church next week

An estimated 3,000 people are expected to pass through the doors of Naperville’s Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Tuesday for an encounter with the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Francesco ...