[sinkspur]

I'm sitting here reading this thread with my mouth wide open! Absolutely incredible.

You should consider the source.

Catholic World News is a borderline schismatic publication, as is The Remnant. Notice how it has to get in the dig at the end that the monastery is now Novus Ordo, and that this is almost blasphemous to Padre Pio.

Witnesses were evidently told to remain silent as it appears the monks now occupying Padre Pio's monastery did not want this news to be known. If true, one wonders why.

If this is true, why does Catholic World News know it?

This story is a total fabrication.

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks,sinkspur for the info.I have to admit,I don't know anything about them and I don't remember reading anything about them.

[Irisshlass]

Its Catholic Family News

[GirlShortstop]

Today we'd like to take a look at a few issues around this great saint -- along with certain intriguing reports that have been in circulation.

What about rumors, via e-mail, that St. Pio's body is missing from its tomb? That it was recently opened and found to contain only his habit and sandals?

That has been the wildest rumor, and as far as we can tell, there's no truth to that. We checked through a foundation in Connecticut devoted to the new saint, and they in turn were in consultation with the Franciscans who administer his shrine in Italy. From what we understand, the tomb has not even been opened. Rumors that his body has been shown to be incorrupt are also (at least at this point) without foundation.

But it's understandable that there would be such spectacular rumors. He was a spectacular man. There were so much phenomena around this great mystic that just the cures alone -- just the miraculous healings attached to him -- are literally beyond count. The same is true of those who have reported visions, dreams, and bilocations related to the saint (who died on September 23, 1968).

Recently there was an uproar when reports over the BBC and other major networks said that blood was oozing from a statue of St. Pio in Messina, Sicily. Almost immediately, the reports were discounted and even ridiculed -- seen as bufala (news without grounds) -- when a woman phoned a local newspaper called the Gazzetta del Sud and said the blood had been placed on the statue as a trick by her son, who at the time was a 17-year-old "drug addict." When we contacted the local diocese, a spokesman said the bishop was convinced there was no merit to the reported "miracle."
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