MIDDLETOWN — A full-size habit and gloves worn by Padre Pio of Pietrelcina is on its way to Middletown as part of an unprecedented tour of the sacred relics that have never left Italy. Saint Pius X ...

Various historical testimonies document that the beloved St. Pio of Pietrelcina (commonly known as Padre Pio), whose feast day is celebrated on Sept. 23, had the gift of xenoglossia — that is, he was ...

Directed by Abel Ferrara, Padre Pio is a biographical drama movie that depicts the arrival of the saintly Padre Pio in a post-war Italian village, where poverty, oppression, and religious authority ...

More than 8,000 visitors — twice as many as expected — traveled to Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville Tuesday for an encounter with the relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Also known as ...

St. Pio of Pietrelcina, also known as Padre Pio, an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest and mystic who was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, experienced a stigmata that replicated the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Thousands of visitors waited in line Tuesday outside a Naperville Catholic church, to get a glimpse of items that once belonged to Padre Pio, the patron saint of the sick and healing.

Francesco Forgione, OFMCap, better known as Padre Pio, was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He was beatified in 1999 and canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II.

The concept of mystery is central to the Catholic faith—and to art and storytelling, too. But a good mystery needs hints of a potential resolution to enthrall. The problem with Padre Pio, a new film ...

The offbeat historical drama “Padre Pio” bears the stamp of writer-director Abel Ferrara, a maverick filmmaker known for brutish, feverish genre pictures like “Bad Lieutenant” and “The Addiction.” As ...

In the second season of Deadwood, sniveling hotel proprietor E.B. Farnum makes the mistake of scamming Francis Wolcott, agent of the ruthless mining magnate George Hearst. “Some ancient Italian maxim ...

Ready to watch 'Padre Pio' on your favorite screen? Tracking down where to stream, rent, buy, or watch how to watch the Abel Ferrara directed movie can be confusing so we at Moviefone are here to so ...

The star is an odd fit for the title figure in a muddled mix of religious biopic and Italian class-struggle drama. Instead, much of this awkward English-language period piece focuses on peasants’ ...