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  • Italy's favourite saint was a fraud believed former pope

    07/02/2008 3:28:00 AM PDT · by Gamecock · 316 replies · 514+ views
    TimesOnine ^ | October 25, 2007 | Richard Owen
    Pope John XXIII believed Padre Pio, the hugely popular Capuchin monk who was canonised in 2002, was a fraud who had "incorrect" relations with women and whose soul was in danger.... Sergio Luzzatto...has also found documents in the Vatican archives suggesting that Padre Pio may have faked his stigmata, the marks of the wounds of Christ, with acid. Vatican officials say both allegations are already well known.... Followers of Padre Pio believe he exuded "the odour of sanctity", had the gift of bilocation (being in two places at once), healed the sick and could prophesy the future.