Padre Pio -- Self-inflicted stigmata?

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I just came across an article stating that the wounds of Padre Pio were self-inflicted, hence the usage of fingerless gloves and unblemished hands upon his death.
Can anyone enlighten me on the topic?
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Angelina5 said:
I just came across an article stating that the wounds of Padre Pio were self-inflicted, hence the usage of fingerless gloves and unblemished hands upon his death.
Can anyone enlighten me on the topic?
Thanks!
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I’m wondering how the fingerless gloves indicate self-inflicted wounds? :rolleyes: St. Padre Pio wore fingerless gloves to keep the wounds covered while still allowing him to have his fingers free to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Why wouldn’t the wounds heal upon his death? They had served their purpose of uniting him physically to the suffering of our Lord.
 
If anything, unblemished hands would be a sign of God having healed them before St. Pio’s death; if they were self-inflicted, wouldn’t he have had scars or the like?

What this question really boils down to is: Do you trust the Church or not? It’s the authority of the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, that declared Padre Pio to be a saint. If you trust the Church, then stop reading phoney-baloney articles that are just out there to sow distrust and fear.
 
Lochias said:
If anything, unblemished hands would be a sign of God having healed them before St. Pio’s death; if they were self-inflicted, wouldn’t he have had scars or the like?

What this question really boils down to is: Do you trust the Church or not? It’s the authority of the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, that declared Padre Pio to be a saint. If you trust the Church, then stop reading phoney-baloney articles that are just out there to sow distrust and fear.
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  Could have not said that better.
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Lochias said:
If anything, unblemished hands would be a sign of God having healed them before St. Pio’s death; if they were self-inflicted, wouldn’t he have had scars or the like?
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I don’t think dead bodies heal.
 
Lochias said:
If anything, unblemished hands would be a sign of God having healed them before St. Pio’s death; if they were self-inflicted, wouldn’t he have had scars or the like?

What this question really boils down to is: Do you trust the Church or not? It’s the authority of the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, that declared Padre Pio to be a saint. If you trust the Church, then stop reading phoney-baloney articles that are just out there to sow distrust and fear.
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Are the decisions about who becomes canonized as saints and who doesn’t, infallible declared?
 
Angelina5 said:
I just came across an article stating that the wounds of Padre Pio were self-inflicted, hence the usage of fingerless gloves and unblemished hands upon his death.
Can anyone enlighten me on the topic?
Thanks!
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It is said that St. Pio would cover his wounds during mass because they would bleed openly throughout the time span of the mass and stop only at the end of mass
 
Angelina5 said:
I just came across an article stating that the wounds of Padre Pio were self-inflicted, hence the usage of fingerless gloves and unblemished hands upon his death.
Can anyone enlighten me on the topic?
Thanks!
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Link?

In any case, the Church has spoken. That’s enough for me.🙂
 
From: catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=311

The blood from the stigmata had an odor described by many as similar to that of perfume or flowers, and the gift of bilocation was attributed to him. Padre Pio had the ability to read the hearts of the penitents who flocked to him for confession which he heard for ten or twelve hours per day. Padre Pio used the confessional to bring both sinners and devout souls closer to God; he would know just the right word of counsel or encouragement that was needed.

It would strengthen your faith to read the story of his life and to not give any weight to those who hate the Church and look for ways to discredit Her. The weeds and the wheat grow together, but at harvest, the wheat will be gathered and the weeds thrown on the fire. Let’s believe and grow in faith and be wheat. Don’t let the weeds sway you! God bless.
 
A few years ago a book by an Italian author sought to discredit St. Pio with one 88-year-old story: that St. Pio bought a bottle of carbolic acid in 1919 to create the stigmata wounds. However, in his 2005 book Padre Pio and America, author Frank Rega reveals what carbolic acid was used for in St. Pio’s friary:

“The boys in the Seraphic College could not understand why their instructor seemed to be hiding his hands under his garments during the classes that he was teaching. The Father Guardian, Padre Paolino, noticed that Pio appeared to be covering up red spots on his hands with the sleeves of his habit. However, he was not too concerned since he and Padre Pio had recently received burns on their hands from carbolic acid. The boys had needed injections to fight the Spanish Flu which was raging at that time. Due to a shortage of doctors, Padres Paolino and Pio administered the shots, using carbolic acid as a sterilizing agent.”

There has NEVER been any proof that St. Pio ever self-inflected his wounds. But the Lord gave (and gives) St. Pio such great gifts that he is hated, libeled, and slandered by people who hate His Church and His saints.
 
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