Editor's Note: This story has been updated. To mark its 10th anniversary, the Saint Pio Foundation in the United States is releasing 10 never-before-seen photographs of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, ...

First thing’s first, Abel Ferrara’s latest film “Padre Pio” can’t exactly be described as a biographical drama about Francesco Forgione, the Franciscan Capuchin friar whose stigmata and mystical ...

A documentary drama about the beloved 20th-century friar St. Pio of Pietrelcina, affectionately known as Padre Pio, will be making its television debut on EWTN on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET. Co-produced by ...

Padre Pio, who had the physical marks of Christ's passion on his body, showed Christ crucified to the world, Minister General Fr. Roberto Guerin, OFM Cap., said during a Mass for the saint's feast on ...

Ferrara’s latest feature, premiering in Venice's "Venice Days" sidebar, stars the actor as an Italian friar who rose to prominence at a time when fascist powers began to take over the country. By ...

The official Padre Pio release date has been set in a new trailer. The upcoming Abel Ferrara film stars Shia LeBeouf in his return to acting. According to the latest trailer for the upcoming film, the ...

VATICAN CITY -- The body of Italy's beloved saint Padre Pio went on display last Thursday (April 24) at his shrine in southern Italy; over the coming months, more than 1 million people are expected to ...

Since 90 percent of Italians are Catholic, a writer might be wary of publishing a scrupulously researched takedown of a popular Italian saint. Yet with “Padre Pio” — the English translation of an ...

The heart of St. Padre Pio will be on display in Massachusetts this week, marking the first time the religious relic has ever left its home in Italy.The Sun reports that the heart will be first made ...

A documentary drama about the beloved 20th-century friar St. Pio of Pietrelcina, affectionately known as Padre Pio, will be making its television debut on EWTN on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET. Co-produced by ...

Venice: Director Abel Ferrara splits the film between a cheap political allegory and a self-serious psychological struggle. The bifurcated structure and disregard for biopic conventions are welcome ...