There are (I think) a few pictures of his hands which show them.
I've read that, at one point, he underwent a minor operation without anesthesia, because he didn't want to risk the doctors inspecting them, in violation of his superiors' orders, while he was unconscious.
I had an elderly friend who ried to sneak a photo of Padre Pio and got a fine Italian bawling out for his pains, or so he says.
When I said these marks pointed people to him, I was told that he would LOL because he was "told not to show them"
Apparently it was not "god" that told him, nor was it his choice not to show them, so I will repeat that the marks point people away from Christ and to him, that is a work of Satan, when men draw others from Christ to thmeselves
There are (I think) a few pictures of his hands which show them.
So he disobeyed his superiors? Why do you think that is, if he was a humble man seeking nothing for himself?
I've read that, at one point, he underwent a minor operation without anesthesia, because he didn't want to risk the doctors inspecting them, in violation of his superiors' orders, while he was unconscious.
If no one saw them we do not know if they existed, if he showed them to some then why not the doctors.
This is a very convoluted story that draws man away from what is truly important Champion...... Christ