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Padre Pio. Pio of Pietrelcina (born Francesco Forgione; 25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), widely known as Padre Pio ( Italian for 'Father Pius'), was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September. [ 2]
Naples, Italy. Died. 19 November 1970. (1970-11-19) (aged 88) Naples, Italy. Dolindo Ruotolo (6 October 1882, Naples, Italy –19 November 1970, Naples, Italy) was an Italian Catholic priest. [1] He is a candidate for beatification and the Catholic Church has granted him the title "Servant of God". [2]
Réflexions sur la sainteté et la doctrine du Bienheureux Liguori (Paris, 1823) [1] Pio Bruno Pancrazio Lanteri, or simply Bruno Lanteri (12 May 1759 – 5 August 1830), was a Catholic priest and founder of the religious congregation of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in northwestern Italy in the early 19th ...
Thus, the passionate desire for God, whom the saints have seen as the Sole Satisfier, and who in the Eucharist is the "summit and source of the Christian life", is at the root of this practice. The experience of Padre Pio illustrates the compelling desire felt by the saints in the face of the drawing and attracting power of God's love:
Cancer sufferers [1] Church of St. Leopold Mandić in Herceg Novi. Leopold Mandić [Mandich], OFMCap (also known as Leopold of Castelnuovo; 12 May 1866 – 30 July 1942) was a Croatian Capuchin friar and Catholic priest, [2] who suffered from disabilities that would plague his speech and stature. He developed tremendous spiritual strength in ...
There is also controversy over whether the twentieth-century saint and stigmatist Padre Pio endorsed and taught on the future Three Days of Darkness, as the authenticity of the alleged words of Saint Pio are disputed. [7] The authenticity of Anna Maria Taigi's purported description of the events in the prophecy has itself attracted doubt. [1]
Gabriele Amorth S.S.P. ( Italian: [ɡabriˈɛːle ˈaːmort]; 1 May 1925 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Paulines and an exorcist for the Diocese of Rome. [ 1] Amorth, along with five other priests, founded the International Association of Exorcists. [ 2]
Pedro Calungsod (Spanish: Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically Pedro Calonsor; July 21, 1654 [1] [4] – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work ...