The Vatican has elevated the National Shrine and Parish of St. Padre Pio in Sto. Tomas, Batangas, to the status of an international shrine, making it only the second Catholic church in the Philippines to receive the designation, according to the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of the Philippines...
The Archdiocese of Lipa in Batangas has expressed hopes for the Parish and National Shrine of Saint Padre Pio in Sto. Tomas, Batangas to gain international status. Padre Pio Shrine in Batangas (Photo courtesy of the Padre Pio Shrine Facebook) In a book titled “Enlarging the Space of our Tent,”...
The blood relic of an early Church martyr St. Philomena liquified at a Benedictine monastery in the southern city of Iligan after a holy mass to welcome the relics of St. Padre Pio. St. Philomena (Catholic Online) In a video on social media, Fr. Romeo Desuyo, a priest from the Archdiocese of Cebu,...
Roman Catholics celebrate Thursday, Sept. 23, the feast day of the well-loved Saint Padre Pio, the great apostle of the confessional. Padre Pio (Catholic Culture) Novena masses in his honor were held from Sept. 14 to 22 at the St. Pio of Pietrelcina Chapel of the Philippine Center for St. Pio on E....