Above, the hospital founded by Padre Pio was built in 1956 on the top of a hill in San Giovanni Rotondo. Today, it cares for more than 1 million patients. Below, Capuchin Father Robert Guenin ...
same five wounds inflicted upon Christ during the crucifixion – appeared on Pio’s body and stayed there until his death in 1968. For 50 years, blood came from Pio’s wounds, and as his legend began to ...