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Book Containing Unknown Facts About Padre Pio Hits Shelves in Spain
Madrid, Spain, Nov 1, 2010 / 01:23 pm (EWTN News)
A new book titled, “Padre Pio: The Unknown Miracles of the Saint of the Stigmata,” written by Spanish author Jose Maria Zavala has hit bookstores in Spain.
The book’s prologue was written by Father Elias Cabodevilla, an expert on the Italian saint, who says Padre Pio not only performed miracles but helped bring about the personal conversions of those around him.
“Up until now I haven’t seen a single case in which the gift granted by God through Padre Pio was not followed by either a radical change of life in those who had taken the wrong path, or a more serious and joyful commitment to Christ,” he wrote.
The author of the book, Jose Maria Zavala, traveled to San Giovanni Rotondo where Padre Pio lived to interview those who spent many years with the saint. He also received numerous testimonies and reports of cures and conversions from around the world.
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was born in 1887 and died in 1968 at the Capuchin convent of San Giovanni Rotondo. He spent nearly 50 years hearing the confessions of thousands who learned of his holiness and came to seek his counsel.
John Paul II canonized him in 2002 before the largest crowd ever gathered for a canonization.
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If it just hit the shelves in Spain I wonder when it will hit the shelves in the US.
The book’s prologue was written by Father Elias Cabodevilla, an expert on the Italian saint, who says Padre Pio not only performed miracles but helped bring about the personal conversions of those around him.
“Up until now I haven’t seen a single case in which the gift granted by God through Padre Pio was not followed by either a radical change of life in those who had taken the wrong path, or a more serious and joyful commitment to Christ,” he wrote.
The author of the book, Jose Maria Zavala, traveled to San Giovanni Rotondo where Padre Pio lived to interview those who spent many years with the saint. He also received numerous testimonies and reports of cures and conversions from around the world.
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was born in 1887 and died in 1968 at the Capuchin convent of San Giovanni Rotondo. He spent nearly 50 years hearing the confessions of thousands who learned of his holiness and came to seek his counsel.
John Paul II canonized him in 2002 before the largest crowd ever gathered for a canonization.
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If it just hit the shelves in Spain I wonder when it will hit the shelves in the US.
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