Padre Pio to Be Exhumed

Apparently, reports that the saint’s family was upset over the proposed exhumation were greatly exaggerated. CNS says:-The body of St. Padre Pio will be exhumed, studied and displayed for public veneration from mid-April to late September in Italy, said the archbishop who oversees the shrine where the saint is buried. Archbishop Domenico D’Ambrosio, papal delegate […]

Apparently, reports that the saint’s family was upset over the proposed exhumation were greatly exaggerated.

CNS says:-The body of St. Padre Pio will be exhumed, studied and displayed for public veneration from mid-April to late September in Italy, said the archbishop who oversees the shrine where the saint is buried. Archbishop Domenico D’Ambrosio, papal delegate for the shrine in San Giovanni Rotondo, announced Jan. 6 that he and the Capuchin friars of Padre Pio’s community had decided it was important to verify the condition of the saint’s body and find a way to ensure its preservation

Immediately after Archbishop D’Ambrosio announced the exhumation of Padre Pio’s body, Italian newspapers and television stations began reporting that members of his family were opposed to the move and were threatening to sue the archbishop and the Capuchins.But a spokesman for the family denied the rumors and Archbishop D’Ambrosio told Avvenire, the Italian Catholic daily newspaper, that he had been in contact with the family and they raised no objections.


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