The organization is looking with enthusiasm toward its 10th Annual Procession and Mass at Holy Rosary Church, on Sept. 23, Padre Pio’s Feast Day, where all are welcome and invited to attend.

Rev. Michael Martine, right, pastor of Holy Rosary R.C. Church, South Beach, altar servers and members of the St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Society, carry the statue of St. Padre Pio adorned with ...

Two days before he died in 1968, Padre Pio encouraged his spiritual children to pray the rosary saying: “Love Our Lady and make her loved. Recite the Rosary and recite it always and as much as ...

“Padre Pio was very dedicated to the rosary. He would say 35 holy rosaries a day," he said. "So I felt compelled to go back (to Utica)." Follow @OD_Mason on Twitter or call him at 315-792-5074.

Padre Pio. Encounters with a Spiritual Daughter from Pietrelcina. By Graziella DeNunzio Mandato. TAN Books, 2021. 168 pages; $24.95. To order: TANbooks.com Padre Pio is a saint whose life always ...

Padre Pio, whose real name was Francesco Forgione, was born to Giuseppe and Grazio Forgione in Pietrelcina, Italy on May 25, 1887. Although the Forgiones were basically a poor family, they were ve… ...

St. Padre Pio was a Capuchin friar best known for possessing the stigmata, or wounds of Jesus Christ, and was said to have special gifts from God. He died in Foggia, Italy, in 1968 where his heart ...

A believer presses a rosary to an artifact during a display of relics of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.

Two days before he died in 1968, Padre Pio encouraged his spiritual children to pray the rosary saying: “Love Our Lady and make her loved. Recite the Rosary and recite it always and as much as ...