Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry: Padre Pio’s Guidance for Times Like Ours St. Pio’s life of holiness stands as a powerful testimony to the redemptive nature of suffering.

Padre Pio is mostly known for his deep wisdom about prayer and peace; his stigmata; miraculous reports of his bilocation; being physically attacked by the devil; and mastering the spiritual life.

Answered prayer, thanks to Padre Pio FUNFARE - Ricky Lo - July 6, 2009 | 12:00am The following letter from Julius Babao, who just came back from a trip to Italy with wife Tintin Bersola, says it all: ...

Padre Pio has such a loyal following that in some parts of Italy his name is invoked in prayer more frequently than that of the Virgin Mary or Jesus Christ.

There’s another reason Bruschi considers Pio very special he was leading a Padre Pio prayer group in 1971 when he met the woman he would marry.

Actor Shia LaBeouf says he leaned on the saint’s famous motto anytime things were difficult while making the film: Pray, hope, and don’t worry.

St. Padre Pio lived in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, and was praying before a crucifix in 1918 when he first bore the wounds of Christ on his hands, side and feet from which he would suffer for the ...