Just now at 3:17 a.m., I finished reading the last page of an extraordinary book. Entitled Prophet of the People – A Biography of Padre Pio by Dorothy M. Gaudiose, it is but one of the many writings ...

Among the ever-growing pile of books in my room is a small compilation of quotations from the great St. Pio of Pietrelcina, often called Padre Pio. It is meant for daily meditation during Lent, but I ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

Pope Francis delivers his speech in Pietrelcina, Italy, the birthplace of St. Padre Pio, Saturday, March 17, 2018. Saint Pio who is widely venerated in Italy and abroad is famous for bearing the ...