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Padre Pio the Stigmatist

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If you are looking for specific information about Padre Pio, such as miracle healings attributed to him, this is the book for you. Each chapter covers a different topic. One deals exclusively with the healings, another contains spritual advice he gave to people and another lists bilocations. It doesn't read like a chronological biography with all of these events mixed together. Overall, I found this to be one of the better books I've read on Padre Pio.

Padre Pio was canonized St. Pio of Pietrelcina on June 16, 2002. There are many books written about him, and this is one of the best and most complete. He was a Capuchin friar born in southern Italy in 1887 and died in 1968. He bore the stigmata, the wounds of Christ, for 50 years. He also possessed other unusual qualities, such as bilocation, odor of perfume, the reading of hearts, miraculous cures, remarkable conversions and prophetic insight. Because of his ability to read hearts many people sought to confess their sins to him. Although he heard confessions for 12 to 14 hours a day, it was necessary to register 10 days in advance because so many people desired his spiritual direction.

I highly recommend this book and also "Stories of Padre Pio" by Madame Katharina Tangari.

To be honest I didn't think I'd find another really good book on Saint Padre Pio. I figured Padre Pio: The True Story couldn't be topped, but this book which is older is perhaps a nice counterpart with Ruffin's biography. Whereas this book is not as detailed on the biography parts of the book it is more detailed on the miraculous aspects of Padre Pio. It gives some detailed acounts of cures, miracles and conversions. Often times giving the names and dates of the people involved. It has detailed accounts of his medical reports as well as discussing his ability to bilocate. It even has a whole chapter on Padre Pio's spiritual maxims and another on letters to his spiritual children. I have no doubt to the authenticity of Padre Pio's holiness and his works which were done by the grace of God. Skeptics who try to say that St. Pio's wounds were faked and that he was a fraud don't know what they are talking about. Padre Pio after working a miracle would always direct the the cured person to God instead of himself. He would tell them to thank God and not him. This is an excellent book and recommend it for any Padre Pio fan.

Padre Pio, one of the most renowned modern-day Blesseds, was a very holy man loved by many people. The charisms he was blessed with by the Holy Spirit are truly amazing to read about, including bilocation, the odor of sanctity, as well as his most famous gift, the stigmata. The accounts of miracles attributed to his intercession are unbelieveable, and I'm sure they're just a small amount of the great deeds this man has done. This man seems MORE than a man, forgetting to eat meals, having great favor with the Lord, and sometimes being invisible from others. He comforted many dying souls in their last agony. This is a great compilation of the wonders of the great Blessed Padre Pio.

This book was purchased as a gift. It arrived in a timely manner and was well recieved by the recipient.

I remember hearing mom tell about Padre Pio when I was younger. I have only recently finished the book, and one of the most compelling facts brought to mind is that there are still living persons who have met and benefited from their interaction with this holy man.

I have only read parts of this book, but the sections that I did read seemed somewhat sensational and dramatized. The most striking defect; there are no footnotes or references in this book, so everything must be accepted at face value. I would recommend instead, Bernard C. Ruffin's biography of Padre Pio, which seems more impartial and scholarly. Padre Pio's life is sensational enough; it does not need to be stylized like a drama to be gripping.

This was an excellent book, Examples of many, many miracles, Many insights to the wisdom and knowledge of heaven. Wonderful book.