Pope St. John Paul II beatified Padre Pio before hundreds of thousands of pilgrims on May 2, 1999, and designated Sept. 23 as his feast day. He canonized him June 16, 2002.

Padre Pio knew the importance of prayer, he said, and even 50 years after his death and entrance into heaven, left us the legacy of the prayer groups he started, and which continue today.

Prayer to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina. Teach us, we pray, humility of heart, so that we may be counted. among the little ones of the Gospel. to whom the Father promised to reveal. the mysteries of ...

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 ...

Padre Pio, pray for us. The Rev. Gus Puleo serves as director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and the Spanish Department at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, where ...

Her 2-year-old is named for the saint. “I pray to Padre Pio. ... “The presence of Padre Pio’s body invites us above all to one memory . . . all the good that he achieved among us. ...

To celebrate the 134 anniversary from the birth of Padre Pio, the saint from Pietrelcina, all prayer groups in Gozo and devotees of the saint are invited to attend a special prayer session at the ...

After 42 years in the crypt of the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie, St. Padre Pio's body was moved into the new St. Pio of Pietrelcina Church on Monday afternoon. Archbishop Michele Castoro ...

On Sept. 23, the Catholic Church remembers the Italian Franciscan priest St. Pio of Petrelcina, better known as “Padre Pio” and known for his suffering, humility and miracles.

Padre Pio, an Italian priest known for his charity, piety and bearing the stigmata — the holy wounds of Christ — was proclaimed St. Pio of Pietrelcina by Pope John II in 2002.