Cardinal Ratzinger's (Pope Benedict XVI) Visit to
Padre Pio's Home Town of Pietrelcina
In June 2002 Cardinal Ratzinger made a visit to Pietrelcina to see the places associated with Padre Pio. He wrote in a guestbook : " May the holy Padre Pio always encourage his brothers and all pilgrims in love for the suffering Lord and in the pledge of love that flowed from the Lord's open heart."
... Frank M. Rega, author of "The Holy Man on the Mountain: Padre Pio and the Americans who Discovered Him"
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