If a sociologist from Mars were to come down to earth to study popular religion in Italy, the conclusion might easily be that the Christian “Holy Trinity” in il bel paese is not actually composed of ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Thousands of visitors waited in line Tuesday outside a Naperville Catholic church, to get a glimpse of items that once belonged to Padre Pio, the patron saint of the sick and healing.

VINELAND Held one week early to make room for the visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia, the St. Padre Pio Festival on Sunday continued to delight local residents looking to eat, pray and love in the ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Monday was filled with believers who came to kneel before the relics of St. Pio, the controversial Italian cleric who claimed to bear the ...

JAMES CITY — Sacred relics of St. Padre Pio were on view last Friday at Saint Bede Catholic Church, one of many sites across the United States this year where parishioners have come to venerate the ...

The gloves St. Padre Pio wore to cover the wounds of stigmata will be displayed in Cincinnati next week along with other relics. A total of six relics of St. Pio are touring the country and will be ...

It was the 1940s and the allied air campaign was in full swing over Italy. German forces were entrenched around a small church and five allied bombers went in for the bombing run. All five planes ...

HOLLAND >> A new “tradition” continues on the weekend of June 23, 24 and 25, when St. Bede Church in Holland will host the second annual Padre Pio Festival. The festival is celebrated with a special ...

RIDLEY TOWNSHIP – The devotion to saints and prayers of special intention are important to the parishioners of Our Lady of Peace Church, so the shrines dotting the perimeter of the church’s interior ...