Padre Pio: A Man of Hope

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Summary: Padre Pio : A Man of Hope
Review: A truly inspirational book covering everything from Padre Pio's humble beginnings, his recieving of the stigmata, his pursecution, miracles, convertions, everything. A must read for an follower of Blessed Padre Pio or anyone who wishes to read about a true modern Saint. This book has it all and will grab you from beginning to end.

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Summary: Execellent book!
Review: Although I have not read another book on Saint Padre Pio I highly recommend this one. It tells the story of his life clearly and even tells the torments he suffered from the Church he loved.

He was a great man and was a perfect example of a living saint. The devil tried to break this wonderful man's spirit right from childhood, but he prevailed.

I wish there were more details in names and dates on some of the stories and infromation and would have liked the names of all of the people who experienced the miracles performed by Saint Padre Pio.

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Summary: Un buen libro, sobre un buen hombre
Review: De todos los libros que he leido sobre el Padre Pio, este es de los mejores. Está escrito en un lenguaje muy sencillo, y fácil de entender para aquellos que no tenemos el inglés como primer idioma. Contiene hechos de la vida del Padre que desconocía, principalmente de su niñez y adolecencia. Es una excelente herramienta, tanto para los que conocemos sobre la vida y obra de Padre Pio, como para los que quieran conocerle por primera vez. Lo recomiendo a ojos cerrados.!!!

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Summary: Un buen libro, sobre un buen hombre
Review: De todos los libros que he leido sobre el Padre Pio, este es de los mejores. Está escrito en un lenguaje muy sencillo, y fácil de entender para aquellos que no tenemos el inglés como primer idioma. Contiene hechos de la vida del Padre que desconocía, principalmente de su niñez y adolecencia. Es una excelente herramienta, tanto para los que conocemos sobre la vida y obra de Padre Pio, como para los que quieran conocerle por primera vez. Lo recomiendo a ojos cerrados.!!!

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Summary: San Pio
Review: I have read quite a few books on Padre Pio. I found this one to be among the best and very easy to read. Plus it is in English! I became somewhat fascinated by everything surrounding this humble monk. I think Allegri does a great job with this biography and recommend it to anyone interested in Padre Pio (now San Pio). He has some terrific chapters on the conversions of many people. People who were not religious at all were completely converted to Christianity by this man and Allegri tells some terrific stories about there conversions. He also gives specific names of people who were the benefactors of Padre Pio's many miracles. These names include people who were royalty, politicians, wealthy, poor, and even many Italian celebrities. Padre Pio was and is an unbelievable human being and since he is so close to our time one can not help but have an interest in him. There are not a lot of books written on Padre Pio (yet) and of those written you will find this one to be among the best. One criticism is that in this edition there are no photos except the one on the cover. If you visit Pietrelcina (Padre Pio's hometown) they have a very good biography of him available at the Padre Pio museum and it contains some very nice photos. You won't be able to purchase it anywhere but at the museum though.

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Summary: Great book for inspiration
Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone of any faith. Even as a Buddhist, it spoke deeply to me. Though he suffered much persecution from others as a result of his visions and stigmata, he continued to try to help others as much as possible. His life was truly an inspiration and reading about it a joy.
I passed it on to the secretary at work and many people read it before I get get it back to pass on to my father. At age 87, he called me the next day to say he couldn't put it down and stayed up until 4am reading it. I am thinking about buying another copy so I can read it again because it enlivened my spirit each time I opened it. I can't think of a better gift to give someone of faith.

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Summary: A really wonderful book!
Review: I highly recoomend this book on Padre Pio. I've read many other's about him, and in my opinion this is the best one.
It was a very inspiring read about his life, and was very hard to put down.

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Summary: A really wonderful book!
Review: I highly recoomend this book on Padre Pio. I've read many other's about him, and in my opinion this is the best one.
It was a very inspiring read about his life, and was very hard to put down.

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Summary: Awesome Saint! Excellent Book
Review: I picked this up to read at a call handler station where they recommended a book, because I was temping on 3 slow days. I fully expected to be bored and knew nothing at all about Padre Pio before I bought it. I was riveted, I read all day and all night until i finished the book. This book details the life of a genuine modern-day Saint. It also details his persecution at the hands of people he obeyed, but they never daunted his dedication nor his faith. He is an amazing role model.

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Summary: I planned to be bored but was riveted instead
Review: I picked this up to read at a call handler station where they recommended a book, because I was temping on 3 slow days. I fully expected to be bored and knew nothing at all about Padre Pio before I bought it. I was riveted, I read all day and all night until i finished the book. This book details the life of a genuine modern-day Saint. It also details his persecution at the hands of people he obeyed, but they never daunted his dedication nor his faith. He is an amazing role model.