Padre Pio lives on, of course, and knows very well what is happening in Italy today.
As was earlier reported, Padre Pio’s body was exhumed from its coffin earlier this month, in preparation for having it on display in April to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of his death.
That’s a photo of Archbishop Domenico D’Ambrosio (left) and some friars opening Padre Pio’s coffin, earlier this month.
April 24 is the day that the remains are to go on display at what was once his home, the friary known as San Giovanni Rotondo, but I will not be surprised if it happens even earlier in the month. The Vatican had announced in January that the body would be exhumed in April, and after some protests from Padre Pio’s biological family, those plans were stepped up to early March. They may do likewise in putting the body on display, perhaps a couple of weeks earlier than was first announced.
The Vatican has said that the body will be shown to the public in a coffin made of glass.
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