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Padre Pio
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Also known as <DD>Francesco Forgione; Padre Pio of Pietrelcina; Pio of Pietrelcina </XAKA><XDATE><DT>
Memorial <DD>
23 September </XDATE><XPROFILE><DT title="brief biography of Padre Pio">
Profile <DD>Born to a southern
Italian farm family, the son of Grazio, a
shepherd. At age 15 he entered the
novitiate of the
Capuchin friars in Morcone, and joined the order at age 19. Suffered several health problems, and at one point his family thought he had
tuberculosis.
Ordained at age 22 on
10 August 1910.
While praying before a cross, he received the
stigmata on
20 September 1918, the first
priest ever to be so blessed. As word spread, especially after American
soldiers brought home stories of Padre Pio following WWII, the
priest himself became a point of pilgrimage for both the pious and the curious. He would hear
confessions by the hour, reportedly able to read the consciences of those who held back. Reportedly able to
bilocate,
levitate, and heal by touch. Founded the
House for the Relief of Suffering in
1956, a hospital that serves 60,000 a year. In the
1920's he started a series of prayer groups that continue today with over 400,000 members worldwide.
His
canonization miracle involved the cure of Matteo Pio Colella, age 7, the son of a doctor who works in the House for Relief of Suffering, the hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo founded by Padre Pio. On the night of
20 June 2000, Matteo was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital with meningitis. By morning doctors had lost hope for him as nine of the boy´s internal organs had ceased to give signs of life. That night, during a prayer vigil attended by Matteo´s mother and some
Capuchin friars of Padre Pio´s
monastery, the
child's condition improved suddenly. When he awoke from the coma, Matteo said that he had seen an elderly man with a white
beard and a long, brown
habit, who said to him: "Don´t worry, you will soon be cured." The
miracle was approved by the Congregation and
Pope John Paul II on
20 December 2001. </XPROFILE><XBORN><DT title="birth information for Padre Pio">
Born <DD>
25 May 1887 at Pietrelcina, Benevento,
Italy as Francesco Forgione </XBORN><XDIED><DT title="death information for Padre Pio">
Died <DD>
23 September 1968 of natural causes </XDIED><XVENERATED><DT title="information on the declaration of Padre Pio as Venerable">
Venerable <DD>
18 December 1997 by
Pope John Paul II </XVENERATED><XBEATIFIED><DT title="beatification information for Padre Pio">
Beatified <DD>
2 May 1999 by
Pope John Paul II </XBEATIFIED><XCANONIZED><DT title="canonization information for Padre Pio">
Canonized <DD>
16 June 2002 by
Pope John Paul II at
Rome,
Italy </XCANONIZED><XPRAYERS><DT title="prayers to, by or about Padre Pio">
Prayers <DD>
Chaplet of Padre Pio </XPRAYERS><XIMAGES><DT title="gallery of images of Padre Pio">
Images <DD>
Gallery of images of Padre Pio
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Additional Information <DD>
Google Directory
Goodyburk's personal page
Pacebene's personal page
Chaplet of Padre Pio
Saint Pio and the Existence of God, by Father Pio Mandato (audio)
A Padre Pio Celebration
National Center for Padre Pio
Padre Pio Foundation of America
Padre Pio.Net
Padre Pio UK Information Centre
Padre Pio Shrine
Padre Pio's Kids
SaintCast podcast episode #11
TeleRadio Padre Pio
L'Osservatore Romano <SMALL>[english]</SMALL>
Pope John Paul II: Canonization Homily </XADDITIONAL><XPRINT><DT title="simplified version of this page for printing">
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Readings <DD>Look what fame he had, what a worldwide following gathered around him! But why? Perhaps because he was a philosopher? Because he was wise? Because he had resources at his disposal? Because he said Mass humbly, heard
confessions from dawn to dusk and was-it is not easy to say it-one who bore the wounds of our Lord. He was a man of prayer and suffering.
Pope Paul VI, 21 Febuary 1971, commenting on the life of Padre Pio <HR SIZE=1>And you, Blessed Padre Pio, look down from heaven upon us assembled in this square and upon all gathered in prayer before the Basilica of
Saint John Lateran and in San Giovanni Rotondo. Intercede for all those who, in every part of the world, are spiritually united with this event and raise their prayers to you. Come to the help of everyone; give peace and consolation to every heart. Amen!
from the homily of Pope John Paul II at the beatification of Padre Pio <HR SIZE=1>Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.
Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life and without You I am without fervor.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light and without You I am in darkness.
Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.
Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.
Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much and alway be in Your company.
Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.
Stay with me, Lord, as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of Love.
Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close and life passes, death, judgment and eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches, I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!
Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers, I need You.
Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread, so that the Eucharistic
Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.
Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You, if not by
Communion, at least by grace and love.
Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.
With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen.
Padre Pio's Prayer After Holy Communion </XREADINGS></DD></DL><XFOOTER><HR SIZE=1>
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