at first treated Padre Pio with cautious skepticism. While looking into the phenomenon, the Vatican forbade him to hear confessions or officiate at any public occasion. Only after two years of ...

The Capuchin also devoted himself to the healing of souls, often spending more than 15 hours a day hearing confessions. Padre Pio died in 1968 and was canonized in 2002 by then St. John Paul II, with ...