[mlizzy]

...this is the same pose Satanic worshippers take when they worship. If you put a black robe on this character he even looks like one of them. I am just saying it is not exactly a character I would put any weight in what he states.... He is one creepy looking character....

Padre Pio followed Christ his whole life. He is an incorruptible saint and stigmatic. The miracles that abound from his intercessions are innumerable. (This photo is "softer" as Padre Pio's eyes are cast in another direction, but continual suffering for decades on end -- in addition to one's fervor for Christ because of it -- can cause a person's expression to be very focused/intense.) What do you think Christ's face (in actuality) looked like as he was beaten to death on the Cross?

Padre Pio testimonials.

[caww]

Well there does appear to be medical evidence that this bleeding isn't blood as always assumed....and there are various medical reasons for these disorders. Apparently in most cases the people with stigmatic lesions have a history of various medical and or psycotic illnesses.

The “other” ecstasies and such would indicate to me every reason to be skeptical of these happenings as being from God. Some go into trance states and see visions much as those of the occults. So I am not the least persuaded these people are somehow saintly people...when their happenings could very well not be of God...aside from the medical terms which indicate is the cause.