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He also interviews Padre Pio himself and examins the mysterious wounds of Christ that he bears on his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" align=\"justify\"\u003eAfter gathering all the evidence, the Inquisitor sketches his own evaluation of Padre Pio, which includes his reasons for believing that the stigmata are of divine origin. He sends his report and the depositions to Rome, where they stay buried for nearly a century. Now, forty years after the saint's death, these exceptional documents are published in their entirety, thanks to the skillful research of Father Francesco Castelli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe documents in this book reveal every aspect of Padre Pio's life from his amazing supernatural gifts to his health. In his depositions, he admits, under oath, to the phenomenon of bi-location and to other supernatural charisms, and for the first time tells the detailed story of his stigmatization. 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Perfect for devotees, gift-givers, and anyone seeking to deepen their Catholic faith through the remarkable story of a modern saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePara la descripción en Español, utilice nuestro traductor ubicado en la esquina derecha.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CBPUB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19643598798934,"sku":"525","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/9959\/products\/padre_pio_kids_book.jpg?v=1587238043"},{"product_id":"prophet-for-the-people-a-biography-of-padre-pio-by","title":"Prophet for the People a Biography of Padre Pio by Dorothy Gaudiose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Padre Pio’s story is told here in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eProphet of the People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by an obviously devoted admirer who drew from years of on-the-scene observations. The basic outlines of the tireless confessor who bore the wounds of the Crucified are quite well-known, but the author uses the great amount of details available to narrate a very readable and moving account of his life — from boyhood to his death in 1968 at the age of 81.” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpiritual Book News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SPL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31486244683862,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/9959\/products\/Prophet_for_the_People_a_Biography_of_Padre_Pio_by_Dorothy_Gaudiose.png?v=1587240216"},{"product_id":"worlds-greatest-secret-how-the-greatest-teaching-of-jesus-was-preserved-by-john-m-haffert","title":"World's Greatest Secret How the Greatest Teaching of Jesus was Preserved by John M. 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You alone have the words of eternal life.\" Haffert masterfully bridges ancient Christian history, scriptural truth, and modern faith crisis, proving why understanding this secret is vital for authentic Christian unity and renewal.\n\nEndorsed by St. Padre Pio and prophesied to reach its greatest impact after the author's death, this 2019 revised edition arrives at a critical moment when many Catholics question the Real Presence itself. Perfect for serious students of faith, parish study groups, and anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of Catholic doctrine and the Eucharistic mystery.\n\n194 pages | 5.5 x 8.5 inches | World Apostolate of Fatima USA\/Blue Army Press\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BARM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33124270407766,"sku":"WGS19","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/9959\/products\/product-28978-1586813266-WGS19.jpg?v=1596875785"},{"product_id":"padre-pio-encounters-with-a-spiritual-daughter-from-pietrelcina-by-graziella-denunzio-mandato","title":"Padre Pio Encounters With a Spiritual Daughter From Pietrelcina by Graziella DeNunzio Mandato","description":"\u003cspan\u003eA saint within living memory, Padre Pio touched the lives of many by the simple faith with which he lived his life, praying, offering Mass, and reading souls. Among those inspired by the saint, Graziella DeNunzio Mandato was given the grace of living in San Giovanni Rotondo and receiving daily Communion and frequent confession from Padre Pio’s pierced hands.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these pages, Graziella’s firsthand account recalls Padre Pio’s blessing on her marriage, the day her oldest two sons received their First Communion from his hands, and the fruits of his intercession before God for the family’s immigration to America. Padre Pio adopted Graziella as a spiritual daughter, guiding her and interceding for her for the entirety of her life. While Graziella remained close to him in Italy, she attended his Masses, marveling at the mystical experiences the Padre underwent throughout its various prayers. Even after her marriage and move to America, Padre Pio visited his spiritual daughter through dreams and a remarkable fragrance of sanctity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this publication of Graziella’s memoirs, her sons have compiled additional chapters reflecting on their mother’s last earthly days and the spiritual fatherhood of Padre Pio. A treasury of personal encounters with Padre Pio and a wealth of insight into the vibrant spirituality of an extraordinary saint, Graziella’s newly expanded memoirs will lead readers to a more profound love of the Padre with a deep and abiding love for his children. \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"TAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39314567626838,"sku":"2903","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/9959\/products\/PadrePioEncountersWithaSpiritualDaughterFromPietrelcinabyGraziellaDeNunzioMandato.jpg?v=1617394440"},{"product_id":"nothing-short-of-a-miracle-gods-healing-power-in-modern-saints-by-patricia-treece-copy","title":"Padre Pio's American Daughter: The Story of Mary Pyle By Susan De Bartoli","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ns-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn into the glittering world of New York high society, Mary Pyle seemed destined for a life of comfort, culture, and worldly influence. Instead, she followed a call to a remote mountain town in Southern Italy and would thereafter be bound to one of the greatest saints of the modern age, Padre Pio. And now, Mary’s own cause for canonization is in its opening stages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of the twentieth century, as waves of European immigrants were arriving on New York City’s shores, old American dynasties such as the Rockefellers, Morgans, and Carnegies mingled with newly wealthy families of the Gilded Age, including the McAlpins and the Pyles. It was into this world of privilege, Protestantism, and social expectation that Adelia McAlpin Pyle, later known as Mary, was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet it was through the humble witness of her Irish Catholic nanny that she would encounter, as a child, the unmistakable presence of Christ – encounters that marked her soul forever. As her sense deepened that the Presence she felt at Mass was real, her family tried to suppress it. But her conviction only grew stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a young woman, Mary traveled widely through Europe as an interpreter for Maria Montessori, moving with ease through intellectual and cultural circles. But truth demanded everything of her. At twenty-eight, she entered the Catholic Church – losing her inheritance and her mother’s affection yet embracing the sacrifice with serenity and courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen came the whispers of a friar bearing the wounds of Christ. When Mary finally met Padre Pio in 1923, his simple words – \u003ci\u003e“Remain here”\u003c\/i\u003e – ignited a fire that would define the rest of her life. Though she tried to leave, she found herself unable to do so, drawn as she was into a hidden mission she could not yet fully grasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat followed was a life of extraordinary charity lived in profound humility. At Padre Pio’s side, Mary became a bridge between souls and a saint, founding a “house of charity” that served as a refuge for the sick, the suffering, soldiers, the poor, and the forgotten. With her gift for languages, her keen intellect, and her listening heart, she formed countless souls in the Faith – many of them young men who would become priests – and offered healing to those burdened by wounds seen and unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary Pyle’s life was not loud or dramatic but filled with love. Ordinary in appearance, heroic in self-gift, hers was a holiness shaped by obedience, Eucharistic devotion, and total trust. Today, as her cause for canonization gets underway, her story invites us to listen more closely to God’s quiet call – and to discover where love, when followed fully, might lead us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gb-container gb-container-a0127fd4 woo-endorsements-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gb-inside-container\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d3e5fdc6 gb-headline-text cam-description-heading\"\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This book was a booster shot for my soul. Mary Pyle was a faith filled loyal Spiritual daughter of Padre Pio. A must read for Padre Pio devotees and Third Order Franciscans.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eCindy Russo, TOF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-title\"\u003eGroup Leader of the Padre Pio Prayer Group of Cleveland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is not a hagiographic account of a holy woman. Instead, Susan De Bartoli’s account of the spiritual awakening of a woman whose privileged life is transformed by her encounter with a living saint, challenges readers to confront the limits of their own faith.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eDeacon Michael Venditto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I highly recommend this book, \u003ci\u003ePadre Pio's American Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e by Susan De Bartoli. Mary Pyle's life of devotion to God and service to others was astonishing. Contemplating her life through this well-written book will be of great benefit to all of us on our spiritual journey.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eDiane Allen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-title\"\u003eAuthor, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Susan De Bartoli’s writing gently draws the reader into Mary Pyle’s remarkable journey of faith and surrender. Through her words, the powerful presence of God working through Padre Pio becomes deeply personal, inspiring both the heart and the soul.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eDorothy Pacella\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-title\"\u003eRetired Executive Director, Friends Of Thirteen (WNET)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In the more than twenty-five years I have known Susan, she has faithfully dedicated herself to preserving Mary Pyle’s life and legacy. With great tenderness, Susan brings together the moments of Mary Pyle’s journey, revealing an inspirational woman of deep faith, profound love for Jesus, and heartfelt devotion to Padre Pio. 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