Details of first investigation into Padre Pio?s stigmata revealed (CNA)

[Catholic_Press]

Rome, Sep 22, 2008 / 12:39 pm (CNA).- In an article published by the L?Osservatore Romano, Francesco Castelli, a biographer of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, has revealed details of the first investigation in 1921 by the Holy Office?now the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith?into the life of the Italian priest and the authenticity of his stigmata.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/catholicnewsagency/dailynews/~4/400002286

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[puzzleannie]

just about to start a thread on this topic linking the Zenit article
The Secret of Padre Pio’s Stigmata
zenit.org/article-23688?l=english

bit more detail than CNE, and should put to rest a lot of speculation.

cannot help but wonder if there was a reason a humble holy priest in the 20th c, which would become a benchmark for clerical corruption and temptation on many fronts, was chosen for this by Christ in his pastoral care for his priests.