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 ...

It’s a commonplace of Catholic rhetoric to insist that “the Church is not a democracy,” and of course in many ways that’s true. Doctrines are not voted in and out by popular referendum, bishops are ...

An estimated 3,000 people are expected to pass through the doors of Naperville’s Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Tuesday for an encounter with the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Francesco ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — To celebrate the 19th anniversary of St. Padre Pio’s canonization, members of the St. Pio of Pietrelcina Society will host an in-person Procession and Mass to mark his Feast Day, ...

A foundation dedicated to spreading devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, is set to open a chapel in rural Kansas this weekend that will permanently host a first-class relic ...

Parish Priest for Padre Pio Church, Constantine Mgunda has appealed to Church members to promote love amongst themselves in order to enhance their spiritual well-being. Father Mgunda blessing the ...

PIETRELCINA, Italy — Speaking Saturday in Pietrelcina, the town where St. Padre Pio was born, Pope Francis encouraged devotion to Holy Mother Church, explaining how despite the imperfection of its ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A sacred treat for the Catholic faithful in Naperville. Parishioners lined up at SS Peter and Paul Church to get a glimpse of relics belonging to modern day saint Padre Pio. Some of ...

ROMEROME — Monks in the southern Italian town that was home to Padre Pio say would-be thieves damaged a display case in a chapel holding some of the saint’s relics. Father Stefano Campanella told The ...

TWO women have reported seeing an apparition of the dead saint Padre Pio at an Irish church. The women claimed to have seen the apparition inside St Saviour’s Church in Limerick city, last Friday, ...

Speaking Saturday in Pietrelcina, the town where St. Padre Pio was born, Pope Francis encouraged devotion to Holy Mother Church, explaining how despite the imperfection of its members, it was beloved ...