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Episode 385: She Left America to Follow Padre Pio: The Story of Mary Pyle
Who was Mary Pyle, the American woman remembered as one of Padre Pio’s closest spiritual daughters?
Author Susan De Bartoli, whose book Padre Pio’s American Daughter: The Story of Mary Pyle tells her remarkable story, joins Fr. Edward Looney to introduce us to this fascinating—and often overlooked—woman in the life of St. Padre Pio.
Born into wealth and raised Protestant, Mary Pyle converted to Catholicism and eventually left behind her life in America for San Giovanni Rotondo, where she became a devoted spiritual daughter of Padre Pio and supported his ministry for decades.
Susan shares how…
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