Padre Pio: The Flying Friar
Padre Pio: The Flying Friar
During World War II, Allied bomber pilots flying over southern Italy reportedly encountered something extraordinary: a Capuchin friar appearing in the sky, seemingly warning them away from the town of San Giovanni Rotondo.
The friar was Padre Pio.
And that was only one of the remarkable stories surrounding one of the most mysterious saints of the twentieth century.
In this Chesterton Radio Deep Dive, we follow Francesco Forgione from a small Italian village to the Capuchin monastery where he would spend more than fifty years. We investigate the stigmata he bore for…
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