Catholic Saints

Lent with Padre Pio: Second Sunday

During the time when Padre Pio was under investigation and unable to say Mass, hear confessions, or communicate with his spiritual director, he spent his days patiently waiting—and praying.
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Lent with Padre Pio: First Saturday

For Padre Pio, dwelling on things that we can no longer control or change is not worth our time.
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Mosaic of St. John of the Cross | Image by EUGENE PLAISTED, OSC

Meet St. John of the Cross

He shows us how to be reflective in our distracting world.
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Lent with Padre Pio: First Friday

God, for Padre Pio, was not a foreign figure to learn about, but more a companion to be encountered daily on his faith journey.
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Pope John Paul I walks at the Vatican in 1978. The editorial director of Vatican News, Andrea Tornielli, wrote in a June 21 article that Archbishop Albino Luciani, the future Pope John Paul I, had hoped that Pope Paul VI would liberalize church teaching on artificial birth control, but when he didn't, the archbishop helped promote acceptance of "Humanae Vitae." (CNS file photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

John Paul I’s 33-Day Papacy

Though brief, Pope John Paul I’s papacy had a far-reaching influence on future Church leaders.
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Lent with Padre Pio: First Thursday

The act of baring one’s soul and sins before God was extremely important to Pio and he expected that same respect for the sacrament from those seeking absolution.
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