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Padre Pio is thought to be the first Catholic priest to bear the wounds of Christ. ([[Saint Francis]] was the first person known to have received the stigmata.) He also had the gifts of spiritual clairvoyance, conversion, discernment of spirits, visions, bilocation, healing and prophecy. It is said that once when a newly ordained Polish priest came to see him, Padre Pio remarked: “Someday you will be pope.” As prophesied, that priest became Pope John Paul II.
Padre Pio is thought to be the first Catholic priest to bear the wounds of Christ. ([[Saint Francis]] was the first person known to have received the stigmata.) He also had the gifts of spiritual clairvoyance, conversion, discernment of spirits, visions, bilocation, healing and prophecy. It is said that once when a newly ordained Polish priest came to see him, Padre Pio remarked: “Someday you will be pope.” As prophesied, that priest became Pope John Paul II.<ref>Kenneth L. Woodward, ''Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn’t, and Why'' (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), p. 157; C. Bernard Ruffin, ''Padre Pio: The True Story'' (Our Sunday Visitor, 1982), p. 361.</ref>

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Padre Pio is thought to be the first Catholic priest to bear the wounds of Christ. ([[Saint Francis]] was the first person known to have received the stigmata.) He also had the gifts of spiritual clairvoyance, conversion, discernment of spirits, visions, bilocation, healing and prophecy. It is said that once when a newly ordained Polish priest came to see him, Padre Pio remarked: “Someday you will be pope.” As prophesied, that priest became Pope John Paul II.<ref>Kenneth L. Woodward, ''Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn’t, and Why'' (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), p. 157; C. Bernard Ruffin, ''Padre Pio: The True Story'' (Our Sunday Visitor, 1982), p. 361.</ref>

Padre Pio is thought to be the first Catholic priest to bear the wounds of Christ. (Saint Francis was the first person known to have received the stigmata.) He also had the gifts of spiritual clairvoyance, conversion, discernment of spirits, visions, bilocation, healing and prophecy. It is said that once when a newly ordained Polish priest came to see him, Padre Pio remarked: “Someday you will be pope.” As prophesied, that priest became Pope John Paul II.[1]

  1. Kenneth L. Woodward, Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn’t, and Why (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), p. 157; C. Bernard Ruffin, Padre Pio: The True Story (Our Sunday Visitor, 1982), p. 361.