A Look Back at the Life of Padre Pio
Fr. Bryan Shortall, OFM Cap.
May 9, 2020
Throughout his life, the boy who became Padre Pio was to bear a huge resemblance to the seraphic saint. He shared his name, his nationality, and later became a professed member of his Franciscan family. And like Francis of Assisi, Pio of Pietrelcina was to bear the stigmata on his body.
