In their grief, they turned to Padre Pio, asking for his intercession. Their prayers were answered with the birth of their son, Sebastian, who was born the year after Lamonarca founded the Saint ...
Padre Pio died in 1968 and was canonized in 2002 by then St. John Paul II, with whom he had been friends ... and I pray that my Brother Knights find peace in the teachings and prayers of Saint Pio," ...