Padre Pio’s favourite painting of Our Lady: its Christmas significance

This depiction of Our Lady of Grace is painted on the wall and ceiling behind the altar in the church of San Giovanni Rotondo, where Padre P...

If the Holy Family were using facebook...

Elizabeth comments that her baby John leaps in her womb when Our Lady, pregnant with Jesus, approaches her. The future John the Baptist...

Baby Jesus was seen to appear in Padre Pio's arms. Padre Pio and Christmas Part Four

Padre Pio had a profound humility; he was blessed with extraordinary spiritual gifts, but he always, always considered himself the least of ...

Why was Padre Pio thought to be 'in ecstasy' during Christmas time? Part Three

Padre Pio was advised to become a confessor, instead of a preacher. On account of his ailing health, preaching would have been too tiring ...

Why was Padre Pio thought to be 'in ecstasy' during Christmas time? Part Two

Padre Pio's great love for the crib started when he is a child.  Padre Pio practised this great devotion to the crib, which is so rem...

Why was Padre Pio thought to be 'in ecstasy' during Christmas time? Part One

Fr. Ignazio da Ielsi, the guardian of the convent at San Giovanni Rotondo from 1922 to 1925, when Padre Pio was still young and had just r...