Essays Tagged: "Padre Pio"

Padre Pio: Man of God.

one of my Spiritual Children ever goes astray, I shall leave my flock and seek him out" (http://www.padrepio.com) Who is this idolized "Man of God?" He is Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina and he still d ... azzles Catholics around the world even over 30 years after his death, his legacy and story lives on.Padre Pio was born May 25, 1887, as Francesco Forgione in Pietrelcina, Benevento, a province in Ital ...

(9 pages) 31 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Stigma.The Body

ny evidence to support the theory of stigmata. Indeed in recent times there have been moves to make Padre Pio a Saint because of this phenomenon.Therefore we have to examine this form of stigma in ord ... re, however. Among this count are some of the most famous Saints, such as St. Frances of Assisi,and Padre Pio (padrepio.net). One of the more interesting theories to explain this phenomenon is the ide ...

(12 pages) 95 1 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community