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Poor Pio [MultiFormat]
by Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti
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 Poor Pio. Sometimes his parents didn't have enough money to buy him shoes. But, that didn't bother Pio. He liked to wear his older brother's hand-me-downs with their scars. Pio did wish he could grow big and strong like others his age. His frail health made him wonder if he would live to see his next birthday. But he did live--for eighty-one years. And for the last fifty of them he bore Christ's five wounds called the Stigmata. In 1999, Pope John Paul 11 beatified Padre [Father] Pio. Beatificati... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 3948 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Spiritual/Religion
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