num_pages: 157
description: This colorful memoir offers a rare up-close glimpse of the life and personality of St. Pio of Pietrelcina the beloved Italian monk who was blessed with extraordinary gifts. The late Fr. Amorthwell-known as an exorcist enjoyed over two decades of a close friendship with the holy quirky Padre Pio whom he considered his spiritual father. Adding his own personal experience to a foundation of biographical research Amorth gives an entertaining and illuminating account of perhaps one of the best-known saints of the twentieth century. In this book we span from Padre Pio''s childhoodwhere he cured himself of a disease by wolfing down all his mother''s fried bell peppersto his miracle-filled priesthood to his Italian gift for mimicry humor and storytelling. Rather than a plaster image of a saint this book is a portrait of a fully human kind of holiness proof that even the most astonishing graces can be lived out with simplicity and joy.
language: English
title: Padre Pio: Stories and Memories of My Mentor and Friend
publisher: Ignatius Press