Some came to pray for a miracle. Others looked for inspiration or simply wanted to show reverence. Whatever their reasons, hundreds of devout Catholics flocked to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on S… ...

Our family is privileged to be billeted in the same room in the very same hotel where then Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland (Later Pope John Paul II, and recently Saint JP II) on November 1974 ...

There is a strong and deep connection between Padre Pio and Norristown — and there will be a great celebration of this powerful saint with many Masses celebrated in Norristown on his feast day ...

Devotees of Saint Padre Pio in the Philippines say the visit of a woman who testifies that the new saint cured her years ago of blindness has brought "miracles" and more into their lives. During a ...

Padre Pio, whose real name was Francesco Forgione, was born to Giuseppe and Grazio Forgione in Pietrelcina, Italy on May 25, 1887. Although the Forgiones were basically a poor family, they were ve… ...

Beatified in 1999, St. Padre Pio was canonized on June 16, 2002, by the late pope St. John Paul II. He is known among Catholics as St. Pio of Pietrelcina. More than 500,000 attended his canonization.

POTTSVILLE – William Montag knelt and bowed his head in prayer as a relic of Saint Padre Pio was pressed to his back Tuesday evening at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church.“We are asking for ...