The life and times Padre Pio of Pietrelcina are remarkable, at times downright paranormal and always fascinating Who was Padre Pio? He has been a Catholic saint since 2002, but before that he was a controversial Capuchin Catholic Priest and he bore the Stigmata - the wounds of Christ Beginning 6 years before his death, on September 20th, 1928, in a monastery hidden high in the hills of Southern Italy, something very strange...