National Catholic Register

New Film on Padre Pio to Air on EWTN Provides Intimate Look Into Saint’s Life From Those Who Knew Him

A documentary drama about the beloved 20th-century friar St. Pio of Pietrelcina, affectionately known as Padre Pio, will be making its television debut on EWTN on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET. Co-produced by ...
National Catholic Register

Shia LaBeouf Talks About Padre Pio — and How the Saint and Catholicism Changed His Life

St. Pio of Pietrelcina — more widely known as Padre Pio — was a Capuchin friar from the Italian town of San Giovanni Rotondo. Pio’s personal struggles, and his town's struggles at the end of World War ...
National Catholic Reporter

Imitate St. Pio's life, don't forget poor, marginalized, pope says

Pope Francis prays in front of the body of St. Pio in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie at the Shrine of St. Pio of Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, March 17. (CNS/courtesy Shrine of ...
Staten Island Advance

A celebration of the life of Saint Padre Pio will be staged at Holy Rosary Church

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — To celebrate the 21st anniversary of St. Padre Pio’s canonization, members of the St. Pio of Pietrelcina Society will host a procession and Mass to mark his feast day, (Sept. 23) ...
Variety

Shia LaBeouf Says Venice Movie ‘Padre Pio’ ‘Saved My Life’

Shia LaBeouf was in a reverential frame of mind at the first public screening of Abel Ferrara‘s “Padre Pio” at the Venice Film Festival, as befits a film about a monk in a Capuchin monastery in ...
Staten Island Advance

Clips on the life St. Padre Pio screens at Holy Rosary

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A series of biographical motion pictures, including snippets on the extraordinary life of St. Padre Pio, will air at Holy Rosary R.C. Church over the next several months. The ...