Padre Pio was a stigmatic mystic & wonder-worker & he is arguably Irelands favourite saint. Compiled by award-winning journalist Colm Keane this remarkable collection of stories is crammed full of miracles & cures attributed to Padre Pios intercession. There are accounts of scientifically inexplicable recoveries from cancer heart disease & brain damage along with revivals from blood clots strokes multiple sclerosis & life-threatening viral infections. Also featured are visions apparitions & supernormal coincidences. Elsewhere in the book early Irish pilgrims speak of trail-blazing journeys to San Giovanni Rotondo in the 1950s & 60s while visits by devotees to Padre Pios beatification in 1999 & his canonisation in 2002 are vividly recounted. Using personal testimonies Padre Pio: The Irish Connection" documents the widespread influence of this complex & intriguing Italian saint who bore the wounds of Christ for half a century until his death in 1968."