Padre Pio: The True Story [Paperback]

C. Bernard Ruffin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1991

Padre Pio: The True Story focuses primarily on the post World War II era to the time of Padre Pio's death. It was during this time that an onscure Italian Capuchin priest attracted worldwide attention for his holiness as well as his mysterious stigmata.

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor (IN); Rev Exp edition (April 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879736739
• ISBN-13: 978-0879736736
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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88 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The all-time, hands-down, best biography of Padre Pio, September 16, 2002

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Christine A. Lehman "stoogeswoman" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Padre Pio: The True Story (Paperback)

This is a very factual, down-to-earth, well-researched and enjoyable biography of our new Saint, Padre Pio. The author goes to great lengths to examine and sort out all the claims made about Padre Pio in a fair-minded, nonjudgmental manner. And the most wonderful thing about Padre Pio turns out to be not just the miracles and the wonders that he performed, but his great love and devotion for Christ. Not to mention his great (and underrated) sense of humor! A terrific book which I've already read twice!

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Powerful Read, January 4, 2000

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Jaime (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Padre Pio: The True Story (Paperback)

Though at times, Ruffin is repetitive you walk away from this book with a glimpse of a true saint. You are given the good and the bad side of Padre Pio; how the Lord uses both in building up the Body of Christ...this book will stir you emotionally; witnessing the power of Christ in the 20th century.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!, December 30, 2004

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Steven E. Schier "dunsscotus" (Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Padre Pio: The True Story (Paperback)

I approached this book with some hesitation, given its length and the conroversial nature of its subject. Having read other lives of saints that lacked critical perspective about sources, I was wary of this one at first. All of my doubts were dispelled by the abundance of carefully assembled evidence in this volume. Pio is a saint for all of us, as this book makes clear. You will learn much about the spiritual world here, and gain some valuable lessons about the limitations of more "worldly" perspectives than those of Pio. Your life will permanently change for the better as a result.