Saints Alive! Padre Pio and the Stigmata: Sanctity on Trial
Padre Pio was proclaimed as a living saint for the wounds he bore for Christ, but his vast reputation for sanctity became yet another kind of wound. “Six Degrees of Separation,” a famous play by John...
View ArticleA Priest and His Wounds: Padre Pio Under Investigation
Some people thought Fr. John Corapi’s response to being accused was woefully unlike that of Padre Pio. What if Padre Pio was accused today in America? This is my 120th post on These Stone Walls, not...
View Article"I Am a Mystery to Myself." The Last Days of Padre Pio
For half the 20th Century, Saint Padre Pio suffered the wounds of Christ. All of them, including the cynicism of doubt and the tyranny of false witness. In the August-September issue of Inside the...
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