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To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl; Dr. Eckleburg; Quix; spirited irish; MHGinTN; Godzilla; stfassisi
Second, if his condition was not explicable does not automatically prove 'supernatural' causes. Third, it does not eliminate a possible hoax.

As to supernatural causes, neither does the inexplicability of Pio's condition rule them out. As for the possibility of hoax, the Church itself was alive to this possibility. The first thing the Vatican did on getting wind of Pio's condition was to place him in a sort of internal exile that continued for nearly two years. In this period he was barred from hearing confessions, saying mass, administering the Eucharist — in short, barred from any exercise of his normal priestly duties.

Also in this period, the Church had him examined by doctors, scientists, "experts" for the sole purpose of falsifying Pio's claims. They couldn't do it, though they certainly could not falsify the existence of the physical wounds. Pio was a "scientific curiosity" for 50 years. He continued to be seen by members of the medical and scientific community over this period. If there had been a hoax involved, one would think it would have been discovered by now.

885 posted on 03/11/2010 8:26:34 AM PST by betty boop (Moral law is not rooted in factual laws of nature; they only tell us what happens, not what ought to)
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Thank you oh so very much for your insights, dearest sister in Christ!
930 posted on 03/11/2010 8:55:11 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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