SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy - The exhumed body of Padre Pio, a saint considered a miracle worker by his devotees, attracted thousands of pilgrims on Thursday when it went on display 40 years after ...

Padre Pio, who died in 1968 at age 81, was a mystic monk who many Catholic faithful believe bore “stigmata,” or wounds such as those Jesus suffered at his crucifixion. He was made a saint in 2002.

The body of Padre Pio, a hugely popular Italian saint, goes on public display Thursday in a southern Italian town where thousands have gathered to pray to the mystic monk whom many Catholic ...

The exhumed body of Padre Pio, a saint considered a miracle worker by his devotees, attracted thousands of pilgrims on Thursday when it went on display 40 years after his death.

After 42 years in the crypt of the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie, St. Padre Pio's body was moved into the new St. Pio of Pietrelcina Church on Monday afternoon. Archbishop Michele Castoro ...

The exhumed body of Padre Pio, ... The body of the bearded Capuchin monk was exhumed from a crypt on March 3rd and found to be in "fair condition" after 40 years.

But Pio's relatives have threatened to take their local bishop to court if the corpse is removed from the church crypt in San Giovanni Rotondo in south Italy. The Franciscan monk was canonised by the ...

The exhumed body of Padre Pio, a saint considered a miracle worker by his devotees, attracted thousands of pilgrims today as it went on display 40 years after his death. During his lifetime the ...

Call it an unusual bucket list item, but last Saturday I went on a bus trip to the National Centre for Padre Pio in Barto, Pa., a place I have always wanted to go. What made the trip extra special ...

My first time to visit Italy was unplanned. By a stroke of luck, or perhaps it was really destined, I became part of a delegation of 63 Filipinos that brought the precious heart relic of Saint Pio ...

Padre Pio's body lies in the crypt of the newer church, which was visited by Pope St. John Paul II in 1987 and Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. Francis will also venerate the Crucifix of the Stigmata.