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Padre Pio: The Stigmatist Discontinued s World Meeting of FamiliesPadre Pio died on September 23, 1968, his funeral attended by over 100,000 people. During the fifty eight years he was a priest, his monastery at San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, became a mecca for pilgrims from all over the world. Born Francesco Forgione on May 25, 1887 in the town of Pietrelcina in southeastern Italy, Padre Pio joined the Capuchin Order in 1903 and was ordained in 1910. On September 20, 1918 he received the sacred wounds of Christ, the