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Article: Stigmatist Padre Pio Beatified.(Italian priest, 1887-1968)
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- Catholic Insight
- Article date:
- May 1, 1999
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The predictions were all wrong. It was rumoured that San Giovanni Rotondo (the town where Padre Pio spent most of his life) would become a ghost town after his death, that its pilgrims would vanish, that it would be all but forgotten with the march of time. This has not happened. Far from diminishing in numbers, the pilgrims have been increasing steadily year after year. Statistics indicated that 4.7 million visitors travelled to San Giovanni Rotondo in 1997, already surpassing the numbers of pilgrims to Santiago, Spain, and Fatima, Portugal. The tourist industry predicts that San Giovanni Rotondo will soon outrival Lourdes in France as Europe's most popular pilgrimage ...
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Article: The legacy.(The Last Word)(Padre Pio )
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... ... nearing San Giovanni Rotondo, "the city of Padre Pio," is the ... hear San Giovanni Rotondo compared ... denying that Padre Pio's legacy ... images of Padre Pio represent ... Crucis at San Giovanni Rotondo shows him ...
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