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 ...

Shia LaBeouf was so inspired by the subject of his latest film project that it spurred the actor to convert to Catholicism. The scandal-ridden 36-year-old, who was raised Jewish, is set to portray ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

To mark its 10th anniversary, the Saint Pio Foundation in the United States is releasing 10 never-before-seen photographs of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, on April 29. The candid ...