This colorful memoir offers a rare， up-close glimpse of the life and personality of St。 Pio of Pietrelcina， the beloved Italian monk who was blessed with extraordinary gifts。


The late Fr。 Amorth—well-known as an exorcist —enjoyed over two decades of a close friendship with the holy， quirky Padre Pio， whom he considered his spiritual father。 Adding his own personal experience to a foundation of biographical research， Amorth gives an entertaining and illuminating account of perhaps one of the best-known saints of the twentieth century。


In this book， we span from Padre Pio's childhood—where he cured himself of a disease by wolfing down all his mother's fried bell peppers—to his miracle-filled priesthood， to his Italian gift for mimicry， humor， and storytelling。


Rather than a plaster image of a saint， this book is a portrait of a fully human kind of holiness， proof that even the most astonishing graces can be lived out with simplicity and joy。