Franciscan Saints

Lent with Padre Pio: Palm Sunday

To this day, Padre Pio is venerated for his holiness, simplicity, and poverty—three characteristics we can all try to emulate.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Saturday

From a very young age, Padre Pio spoke of interactions he had with angels, as well as saints and demons. In fact, when he was a child, he often spoke of his guardian angel as his friend.
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church in ruins, broken stone walls

A Sacred Call to Rebuild God’s Church

Today, the Church is enmeshed in scandals, a Church in crisis—of authority, credibility, and division.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Friday

Padre Pio was a man who admired simplicity. He wholly lived the Franciscan spirit of poverty with detachment from self, possessions, and comforts.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Thursday

We have all had moments in our lives when we feel as if God doesn’t see or hear us. Padre Pio was certainly no different.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Wednesday

Padre Pio underwent a lot of scrutiny during his life. But while he admitted despairing, he offered up the suffering because he knew it was God’s will.
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