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'''Padre Pio''' was the famous twentieth-century Italian monk who for fifty years bore on his hands, feet and side the wounds of the crucified Christ, called the [[stigmata]].  
'''Padre Pio''' was the famous twentieth-century Italian monk who for fifty years bore on his hands, feet and side the wounds of the crucified Christ, called the [[stigmata]].  


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Sometimes Padre Pio treated those who came to him for confession sternly. One of his devotees wrote:  
Sometimes Padre Pio treated those who came to him for confession sternly. One of his devotees wrote:  


<blockquote>If he is sometimes severe, it is because many people approach the confessional lightly, without giving the sacrament its true importance.<ref>Laura Chandler White, trans., Who is Padre Pio? (Rockford, Ill.: Tan Books, 1974), p. 41.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>If he is sometimes severe, it is because many people approach the confessional lightly, without giving the sacrament its true importance.<ref>Laura Chandler White, trans., ''Who is Padre Pio?'' (Rockford, Ill.: Tan Books, 1974), p. 41.</ref></blockquote>
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[[File:Padre Pio during Mass.jpg|thumb|Padre Pio celebrating Mass]]
[[File:Padre Pio during Mass.jpg|thumb|<translate>Padre Pio celebrating Mass</translate>]]


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Many people were transformed who came to hear Padre Pio celebrate the Mass. The same devotee writes:  
Many people were transformed who came to hear Padre Pio celebrate the Mass. The same devotee writes:  


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{{MTR}}, s.v. “Padre Pio.”
{{MTR}}, s.v. “Padre Pio.”
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[[Category:Heavenly beings]]
[[Category:Heavenly beings]]
[[Category:Christian saints]]
[[Category:Christian saints]]
[[Category:Embodiments of ascended masters]]
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