Francesco Forgione was born in Pietrelcina, in southern Italy, in 1887. His parents were poor farmers, whose eight children attended Mass and prayed the Rosary daily, and abstained from meat three ...

An unprecedented crowd in the history of the Filipino Church. During the three weeks of pilgrimage, the relic crossed the country, stopping at Santo Tomas and in the cities of Manila, Cebu, Davao and ...

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, the president of ACN, said that the 2021 rosary campaign seeks to encourage children to pray “hand in hand with Our Lady and under the protection of Saint Joseph.” Children ...

Padre Pio, whose real name was Francesco Forgione, was born to Giuseppe and Grazio Forgione in Pietrelcina, Italy on May 25, 1887. Although the Forgiones were basically a poor family, they were very ...

Thousands flocked to the Manila Cathedral and the University of Sto. Tomas earlier this week to visit the first class relic of Padre Pio, which has since toured the rest of Luzon and is now in Cebu.

“Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer,” said the Capuchin friar, St. Padre Pio. Indeed, we often burden ourselves with thoughts about our everyday ...