Fancesco Forgione (1887-1968) was born in the Italian village of Pietrelcina. He entered the noitiate of the Capuchin Friars at the age of 16, taking the name Pio (Pius), and was ordinated in 1910. He lived for over 50 years at the friary of San Giovanni Rotondo, devoted to a life of minstry through sacramental reconciliation and celebration of the ecucharist, and helipng countless people who sought his councel. Pope Paul VI sai of him: "Look what fame he had, what a wholewild following gathered around him! But why? Perhaps because ha was wise? Because he had resourcese at his disposal? Because ha said Mass humbly, hear confessions form dawn to dusk and was --it is not easy to say it--one who bore the wounds of our Lord. He was a man of prayer and suffering." Padre Pio was canonized by Pope John II in 2002.
天主聖三，我們感謝你將教宗若望保祿二世，賜給教會，使他彰顯天父的慈愛、基督十字架的光榮，及聖神愛的光輝。他完全信賴你的無限仁慈，及聖母瑪利亞慈母般的轉求。他給予我們耶穌善牧的生動肖像，並為我們指出成聖是基督信徒日常生活的必然本分，又是通往與你永恆共融的道路。請你因教宗若望保祿二世的轉求，依照你的旨意，賜給我們所需的恩寵。願他早日被列入諸聖的名冊。亞孟。
