Renzo Allegri says the stigmatic saint was ‘a man of hope.’ This portrait of St. Pio by an unknown artist of the 20th century is displayed in the church of the Capuchin convent (Iglesia Santo Anchel) ...
Padre Pio never tired of exhorting people to “pray, hope and don’t worry.” That’s a message for our own time, as we’re reminded on the Sept. 23 feast of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Joseph Pronechen ...