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Padre Pio was only 5 years old when he expressed a strong desire to serve God. Born May 25, 1887, in Petrelcina, Italy, as Francesco Forgione, he served as an altar boy at his local parish.

TAN Books, 2021 168 pages; $24.95 To order: TANbooks.com Padre Pio is a saint whose life always captivates us, brings us great spiritual insights, and motivates us to do grow spiritually.

Padre Pio indeed infused love into the community through his confidence in Jesus Christ and love for the Church. As he put it, “It is under the cross that one learns to love” (Letter I, 339).

Also known as the Hospital of Padre Pio, it opened in 1956 and today is under the Holy See’s control; considered a marvel, it offers up-to-date care of the sick in a facility of 1,000-plus beds.

St. Pio of Pietrelcina, colloquially known as “Padre Pio,” was a priest of the Order of the Friars Minor Capuchin, a stigmatist and a mystic, who lived 1887-1968.

In his diary, Father Agostino remembers that on Jan. 21, 1945, he was told that “in 1940 or 1941 a Swiss priest came with Padre Pio who spoke in Italian with the Father.” ...

Anna Manzelli, 31, of Sicily brought her sick mother-in-law to Padre Pio’s hospital and her two little children to Thursday’s Mass in his honor. Her 2-year-old is named for the saint.

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 ...