Venice 2022, the revolution of Padre Pio according to Abel Ferrara

“I am surprised and saddened that many of you Italians do not know about the massacre of San Giovanni Rotondo of 1920… How is it possible!?”. He asks incredulously Abel Ferrara who built his own on that tragic event Father Piothe new and anticipated feature film by the New York director proposed in competition today … Read more

Shia LaBeouf converts to Catholicism after studying for the role of Padre Pio

Actor Shia LaBeouf said he converted to Christianity during filming his next film “Padre Pio” and to have become a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Shia LaBeouf revealed her conversion in an interview released Thursday to Bishop Robert Barron of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. The actor first approached the Church when he lived … Read more

A famous American actor converts by playing Padre Pio

” Padre Pio saved my life… In a video broadcast live on Youtube, actor Shia LaBeouf testified to his conversion to Catholicism. Invited by Bishop Barron, Bishop of Winora-Rochester, the 36-year-old actor testified to his faith in front of the 540,000 subscribers to the Youtube channel of this American bishop. This discussion of almost an … Read more

Santa Chiara and Padre Pio at the Venice cinema

actuality Works of faith in competition The most obvious hypothesis is that, in our difficult times, the refuge in faith, the gaze upwards, the support of religion, may be the only weapons capable of countering a bleak landscape made up of wars, pandemics, environmental disasters. . Beyond all this, however, there is … Read more

Shia LaBeouf is Padre Pio in the first photos of the film

The star of hits like Disturbia, Surf’s Up and Transformers is currently working on the set of the new film directed by Abel Ferrara, a biopic about Padre Pio. The first images depicting the actor in the role of the saint of Pietrelcina, which we show you in this article, were shared on social networks. … Read more

THE ROAR / 200 people from Abruzzo and many young people from Padre Pio? Because

20 years have passed since the canonization of Padre Pio, the friar of Pietrelcina who spent most of his life in San Giovanni Rotondo. To honor his life, yesterday June 16, the twentieth anniversary was celebrated in San Giovanni Rotondo in the churchyard of the sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The words of … Read more

Director Abel Ferrara: “I’ll tell you about my Padre Pio”

You can find this article in the “Buongiorno Milano” newsletter. Every day at 7 am, from Monday to Friday, the members of the «Giorno» community will receive a newsletter dedicated to the city of Milan. For the first time, readers will be able to choose a complete product, which offers detailed information, enriched by many … Read more

“Father Pio? a giant of the Spirit. And San Giovanni Rotondo a world crossroads of faith “

It was to be Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of Caritas Internationalis to preside over the Eucharistic concelebration for the twentieth anniversary of the canonization of Saint Pio of Pietrelcinaat 11.30, in the new church dedicated to the Saint, built in San Giovanni Rotondo on … Read more