Paperback: On 23 September 1968, after having borne the stigmata for exactly 50 years, the saintly Padre Pio died. This holy mystic spent his life as a living imitation of Christ and is the only priest in history to bear the stigmata. During his life, in spite of the physical pain he endured, Padre Pio continued to say his daily Mass. But part of his suffering was unknown. Padre Pio wrote a petition appealing directly to Pope Paul VI so as to obtain permission, from the highest ecclesiastical authority on earth, to never be required to say the Novus Ordo Missae.
The existence of this petition was kept secret from the public . . . until now.
Things to learn about this holy friar:
- Mystical vision and calling to be an Alter Christus
- Life-long combat with the demonic spirits
- Profound physical suffering especially during the Canon of the Mass
- His loyalty to the traditions of the Church and the Mass of all times
- His pious admonitions to his spiritual children
"Later, as an aged Capuchin friar, the mere thought of the liturgical reform, which would take effect in 1969, was sufficient to raise in him a holy horror. Throughout his life the holy friar had been obedient even unto martyrdom, but at this time the only request he dared to put forth to the authorities of the Church was to be exempted from the novelties of the impending liturgical reform."
For the first time published in English read the startling testimony and eyewitness accounts of close friends and spiritual sons of Padre Pio as they reveal his thoughts on the sanctity of the Mass, the changes occurring in the Church during his lifetime, and the chilling effects they would have on the future.
Look behind the cloister wall and discover a side of Padre Pio you have never seen before.
The Last Mass of Padre Pio (2019) contains startling truths that will forever change the way Catholics view the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It is translated from the original edition in Italian - L'ultima messa di padre Pio. L'anima segreta del santo delle stigmate (2010) - by Marianna Gattozzi and is based on newly found documents never before published.
About the authors: Alessandro Gnocchi (b1959), a graduate in history and philosophy, is a professional journalist and writer on religious issues in the field of contemporary literature. He has provided the most documented biographies of Giovannino Guareschi, whose work he has explored in about ten essays, giving the first Christian reading of Guareschi's narrative. He has given a monthly column entitled "Men and Literature: meetings in the light of the Gospel" on Radio Maria. The column was suspended following the publication of an article in Il Foglio dated 9 October 2013 written with Mario Palmaro critical of Pope Francis. On 19 October 2019, he entered the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to which he dedicated an intense testimony to this phase of his life in the book Return to the Springs: My Pilgrimage to the East in the Heart of Orthodoxy (2022). The decision to leave the Catholic Church and join the Patriarchate of Moscow has provoked harsh criticism from traditionalist Catholic circles, to which Gnocchi adhered before his conversion. Together with Mario Palmaro, he wrote numerous books on Catholic apologetics.
Mario Palmaro (1968-2014 ) was an Italian writer and teacher. He read Law and graduated from the University of Milan in 1995 with a thesis on procured abortion. He specialized in bioethics at the San Raffaele Institute in Milan in 1996 and collaborated with the Bioethics Center of the Catholic University of Milan. He was professor of theoretical philosophy, ethics and bioethics at the bioethics faculty of the Pontificio Ateneo Regina Apostolorum in Rome and of philosophy of law at the European University of Rome. He has published publications on bioethics and, together with Alessandro Gnocchi, on Catholic apologetics and customs. He was editor of the Catholic monthly Il Timone and collaborated with the newspapers Il Foglio and Il Giornale, and the monthly Studi Cattolica. He held the monthly column Incontri con la bioetica on Radio Maria , which was later suspended following the publication in Il Foglio of an article entitled 'We Do Not Like This Pope', written with Alessandro Gnocchi. The dissemination of the article critical of Pope Francis, in addition to the closure of the column, was also followed by the immediate dismissal by the Radio Maria broadcaster. The story received media attention. He was general secretary of the Emit Feltrinelli Foundation in Milan, national president of the Truth and Life Committee, member of the Association of Jurists for Life and of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists for the Monza and Brianza section. He received the Faith & Culture Award in Verona in May 2013 for Catholic life and apologetics. He passed away on 9 March 2014 , at the age of 45, following a tumour in his liver. (Excerpts from Wikipedia)
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