Information about St. Padre Pio

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Hi there,

Can anyone recommend good websites and/or books at St. Padre Pio? I don’t know why, but I feel drawn to learn about him, and I’m not sure the best place to start.

Thanks!
 
Indeed! He is rock solid.

I haven’t read any books on him just yet, but if you are able to find it on ebay or elsewhere on the internet (or if you are in the US you might be able to find it much easier) I would recommend the film “Padre Pio Miracle Man”. It is very good and very well made. It is in Italian with English subtitles which I think adds to it. It is also dubbed in English but I’m not sure how well it is.

EDIT: I see you are in the US. Here:

ignatius.com/Products/PPMM-M/padre-pio.aspx
 
TeresaMarie24 said:
Hi there,

Can anyone recommend good websites and/or books at St. Padre Pio? I don’t know why, but I feel drawn to learn about him, and I’m not sure the best place to start.

Thanks!
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He was a very holy man who carried the stigmata of Christ.

padrepiodevotions.org/prayers-of-padre-pio/

catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=311

There are many good books on him. Do a search on your computer, your local library can also get you a copy to borrow. I have heard there are movies on him also? I once listened to a Catholic Lighthouse Media cd titled, “How To Keep Your Kids Catholic” by a former Baptist minister convert to Catholicism (can’t think of his name right now) but said his daughter would introduce her friends to St. Pio thru a video she would play on the tv because she thought he was that amazing. Which I suppose he is pretty amazing to share the stigmata of Christ. Other saints have shared this stigmata like St. Francis. I have read that no two stigmata are exactly alike and none are exactly like those of Christ Himself.

EWTN had a good biography on him. It airs in September on his feast day. It was very good.
 
There are so many wonderful and inspiring books written on Padre Pio. The first book I read about St Pio was “Padre Pio a man of hope” by Renzo Allegri. It is a wonderful book that gives an overall account of his life aswell as many testamonies. Also there are quite a few books written by some of his fellow Capuchin Friars that lived and aided him during his life. A very inspirational and wonderful saint. My favourite. 👍
 
The one book that I read was Padre Pio: The True Story by C. Bernard Ruffin, but this was written in the '80’s and before him even being named a Servant of God. It was a good read, but some info is probably outdated.
 
Thank you!! I’ll start checking out some of the suggestions. 🙂
 
I have read a number of books on Padre Pio, but always like best the book “Roads to Padre Pio,” by Clarice Bruno, which I have read and reread three or four times. Of course, people are different, and so the books they like best will differ too.
The movie “Padre Pio, Miracle Man” is excellent, a movie already recommended here, and I recommend this even more than the books I have read on Padre Pio. My wife and I in fact have shown this movie repeatedly to visitors in our house, including relatives and some nuns.
 
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I have read a number of books on Padre Pio, but always like best the book “Roads to Padre Pio,” by Clarice Bruno, which I have read and reread three or four times. Of course, people are different, and so the books they like best will differ too.
The movie “Padre Pio, Miracle Man” is excellent, a movie already recommended here, and I recommend this even more than the books I have read on Padre Pio. My wife and I in fact have shown this movie repeatedly to visitors in our house, including relatives and some nuns.
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Bravo! It’s No. 2 on my Lent films list just next to the Passion 👍
 
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