Padre
Pio Under Investigation
The Secret Vatican Files
Book
ISBN: 9781586174057
Author: Francesco Castelli
Length: 339 pages
Edition: Paperback
Code: PPUI-P
Price: $17.75
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For the First
Time Ever - The Secret Vatican Files Fully Revealed on Padre Pio!
Preface by Vittorio Messori (Co-author, The Ratzinger Report)
On June 14, 1921, a priest knocks at the convent in San Giovanni Rotondo. He
is in his early forties and wears a simple cassock, but he is no ordinary priest.
He is Bishop Raffaello Carlo Rossi, future cardinal and the Apostolic Visitor
sent by the Holy Office to investigate secretly Padre Pio.
The Bishop Inquisitor remains with the Capuchin Brothers for eight days, interrogating
and recording depositions. He also interviews Padre Pio himself and examins
the mysterious wounds of Christ that he bears on his body.
After 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.
The 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. Also included
are letters from his spiritual father and a chronology of his life. Illustrated
with black and white photos.
Father Francesco Castelli is the historian for the Cause of Beatification of
Pope John Paul II and a Professor of Modern Church History at the Romano Guardini
Institute of Religious Sciences in Taranto, Italy. He is a contributor to many
publications, and has recently discovered and published Karol Wojtyla's third
letter to Padre Pio.
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