Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age

Padre Pio is one of the world's most beloved holy figures, more popular in Italy than the Virgin Mary and even Jesus. His miraculous feats included the ability to fly and to be present in two places at once. Most notable were his stigmata, hailed by millions as God-given yet viewed with suspicion by two popes - a controversy reignited by Sergio Luzzatto's discovery of a letter from Pio requesting a secret delivery of carbolic acid. Neither a worshipful hagiography nor a character assassination, Padre Piois the first objective biography of this fascinating figure.