Padre Pio Under Investigation: The Secret Vatican Files

Castelli, Francesco

ISBN 10: 1586174053 / ISBN 13: 9781586174057

Published by Ignatius Press (edition First Edition), 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Padre Pio Under Investigation: The Secret Vatican Files
• Publisher: Ignatius Press (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586174053
• ISBN 13: 9781586174057
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.