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Vatican tightens rules on apparitions to thwart social media hoaxers
Prominent church figures who claimed to have experienced stigmata, such as the late Italian priest Padre Pio, and Pope Francis’ namesake, St Francis of Assisi, have inspired millions of ...
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Vatican changes rules on how it judges supernatural events like stigmata
The Catholic Church has a long and controversial history of the faithful claiming to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, of statues that purportedly wept blood tears and stigmata that erupted on ...
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Padre Pio: Tra cielo e terra - Full Cast & Crew
The story of Padre Pio (1887-1968) from the onset of the stigmata during World War I, when he prayed that soldiers' suffering be his, until his death. The story is told by Emilia, Pio's friend ...
New Haven-area Catholic parishes react to Pope Francis’ health
“Padre Pio always used to say, pray, hope, don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful, and he will hear your prayer,” ...
Italian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to appeal to a new generation of Catholics
In 2016, Pope Francis brought his body to Rome to be ... Acutis is continuing the trend started by the Catholic Church with ...