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Padre Pio for a new generation of young Catholics: A Review of "Wounds of Love" by Phillip Campbell
Gloria Romanorum ^
| April 25, 2023
| Florentius
Posted on 04/25/2023 2:05:09 PM PDT by Antoninus
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Here's a review of a brand new historical fiction novel from TAN Publishers. Really impressed with some of the books they're putting out these days.
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posted on
04/25/2023 2:05:09 PM PDT
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Antoninus
To: ebb tide; Salvation; Mrs. Don-o
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posted on
04/25/2023 2:16:12 PM PDT
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Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: Antoninus; Al Hitan; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; kalee; markomalley; miele man; Mrs. Don-o; ...
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posted on
04/25/2023 2:25:36 PM PDT
by
ebb tide
(The pope ... said the church's “catechesis on sex is still in diapers.”)
To: Antoninus
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Yup. Just like all saints, Padre Pio had a very dedicated contingent of individuals--both inside and outside of the Church--who hated him like poison and were hellbent (literally) on proving him a fraud. The carbolic acid slander has existed for decades--it's not some new discovery. You'll note that in the article you linked, most of the "evidence" was taken from internal Church documents--the same documents which had been used by Pio's internal enemies to besmirch him 80 years ago.
Based on what I've read on the subject, the wounds were not surface lesions as would be expected from applying acid. They went all the way through his hands and feet.
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posted on
04/25/2023 2:51:36 PM PDT
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Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: Antoninus
Sounds like his claims were suspect by his contemporaries
To: Antoninus
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posted on
04/25/2023 3:05:09 PM PDT
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Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Sounds like his claims were suspect by his contemporaries.
Read the history. Envy can make people do terrible things.
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posted on
04/25/2023 3:05:41 PM PDT
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Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
There is zero chance he used acid on his hands every day for 50 years. ZERO CHANCE.
The doctor that examined him on his death bed was surprised to see that his wounds healed AFTER he died with no trace of scars.
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posted on
04/25/2023 3:10:29 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
“Sounds like his claims were suspect by his contemporaries”
Didn’t Jesus’ contemporaries suspect his claims as being false?
So what else is new for the holy?
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posted on
04/25/2023 3:11:50 PM PDT
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vladimir998
( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: vladimir998
—> There is zero chance he used acid on his hands every day for 50 years. ZERO CHANCE.
ZERO CHANCE this is more than your opinion.
To: vladimir998
—> Didn’t Jesus’ contemporaries suspect his claims as being false?
Pio wasn’t Christ.
To: Antoninus
—> Envy can make people do terrible things.
You assume envy means he didn’t take it.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
“ZERO CHANCE this is more than your opinion.”
Fact is no human being can put acid on their hands for 50 years and not get caught while being watched for years at a time and not get sick, infected, or leave any traces and have the wounds heal AFTER he died.
“Pio wasn’t Christ.”
But he was holy and I said, “So what else is new for the holy?”
Look, you can keep flailing uselessly, but what’s the point?
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posted on
04/25/2023 3:21:06 PM PDT
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vladimir998
( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: Antoninus
Always liked his famous statement:
My past, oh Lord to your mercy
my present to your love
my future to your providence.
As to myself I have never been a saintly person although some of my socks are holey.
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posted on
04/25/2023 3:29:18 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: vladimir998
or leave any traces and have the wounds heal AFTER he died. No guarantee the doctor was not corrupt. Or the medical report altered. Etc.
But he was holy
Maybe. Maybe not.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
“No guarantee the doctor was not corrupt. Or the medical report altered. Etc.”
The medical report was not altered. The doctor affirmed it. Also, he was not the only witness. There were many who saw his hands after his death. So now you have to claim that dozens of people conspired together, and faked records, and photographs, and eye witness reports, etc.
“Maybe. Maybe not.”
No, he clearly was.
When you can explain how Gemma di Giorgio sees without pupils come back to us.
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posted on
04/25/2023 4:17:44 PM PDT
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vladimir998
( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: vladimir998
—> The medical report was not altered. The doctor affirmed it. Also, he was not the only witness. There were many who saw his hands after his death. So now you have to claim that dozens of people conspired together,
Worked for the Mormons!
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Holy he was.
Believe, AMPV.
To: aMorePerfectUnion
“Worked for the Mormons!”
Really? Name a metallurgist who examined the gold tablets that Joseph Smith claimed to find.
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posted on
04/25/2023 4:50:05 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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