ROMEROME — Monks in the southern Italian town that was home to Padre Pio say would-be thieves damaged a display case in a chapel holding some of the saint’s relics. Father Stefano Campanella told The ...

A foundation dedicated to spreading devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, is set to open a chapel in rural Kansas this weekend that will permanently host a first-class relic ...

GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Catholic organization is suing a Michigan township after it was denied permission to build a chapel and prayer trail dedicated to St. Pio of Pietrelcina on land it already ...

In an unheated construction trailer across from the Italian American Community Center in Gates, blueprint drawings of a large chapel hang on the walls. Outside, the building is coming to life, with ...

PARIS – You may have noticed my absence on the PBA TV coverage lately. I’ve been away with family on a long-planned reunion overseas with my sisters who live in the US. This trip was nearly two ...

Statues depicting St. Padre Pio are seen at a shop March 17 in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. (Credit: Tony Gentile/Reuters via CNS.) Listen GENOA TOWNSHIP, Michigan — A Catholic group dedicated to a ...

St Padre Pio Chapel, Mubs, Nakawa sits on what used to be a dump site. Top, the beautiful interior PHOTOs BY EDGAR R. BATTE. A group of young believers make their way into the church. It is half past ...

When Pope John Paul II canonizes a simple Italian priest named Padre Pio this weekend in a celebration at the Vatican, it will hold special meaning for Pat Lechtenberg. “I grew up hearing about him ...

A Catholic organization is suing a Michigan township after it was denied permission to build a chapel and prayer trail dedicated to St. Pio of Pietrelcina on land it already acquired. The group, ...