Padre Pio, Our Amico (Tagum, DdN)

08/03/2026

08/03/2026

10/11/2025

Padre Pio’s remarkable encounter with a possessed woman

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘪𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪, 𝘗𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

St. Padre Pio had an extraordinary faith in God, allowing him the ability to act calmly when a demonic spirit tried to scare him.

This would happen with some frequency and on occasion possessed persons would enter into the church at San Giovanni Rotondo.

Author C. Bernard Ruffin relates the following story in his book, Padre Pio: The True Story

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According to Ruffin, "Father John Schug (1928–2002), when he interviewed the older friars at San Giovanni a few years after Pio’s death, was told of one woman who seemed more than just mentally disturbed. Her face was so hideously contorted, and she had such an uncanny light in her eyes, that people began to flee in terror. 'I’m the owner of this church!' she screamed."

When the woman saw a picture of St. Michael the Archangel she said, "You didn’t win! I won!"

She made a big commotion inside the church that attracted the attention of Padre Pio, who was hearing confessions.

He came out of the confessional and the sacristan urged him not to go. Padre Pio responded, "Don’t be afraid...Since when were we afraid of the devil?”

Padre Pio simply approached her and said, "Get away from there!”

She began to plead with Padre Pio, "Please don’t send me away! Please don’t send me away!”

He told her to sit there and wait until he was done with confessions.

[𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦] 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵, “𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭.”

St. Padre Pio trusted fully in the power of confession and even today exorcists recommend the frequent confessing of sins in order to keep satanic forces from influencing an individual.

31/10/2025

The year was 1919. One morning after Mass, a man in the church who was staring intently at Padre Pio exclaimed, “Dear Lord, it is him. Truly, it is him. I am not mistaken!”

Upon saying that, the man knelt down and began to cry. “Padre Pio, thank you for saving me from death!” the man said. “You must not thank me, my son. Thank our Lord and the Virgin of Graces,” Padre Pio replied. Padre Pio and the man spoke together for a few moments but they were speaking so softly that no one nearby could hear them.

Later, some of the people in the church asked the man what he and Padre Pio had talked about. The man explained that he had been a captain in the infantry. Once, when he was on the battlefield engaged in combat, he saw a friar standing a short distance away. The friar was delicate and fair-skinned and had beautiful, expressive eyes.

The captain could tell by looking at him that he was not a military chaplain for he wore a brown robe. The friar said to him “Captain, come here quickly. Move away from where you are standing immediately!”

The captain followed the friar’s instructions. No sooner had he run toward the friar, than a gr***de exploded right in the spot where he had been standing. The force of the explosion left a large hole in the ground. If he had not followed the command of the friar, he would have been killed instantly. The captain had the greatest desire to thank the friar for saving his life but when he looked in his direction once again, the friar was nowhere to be seen.

When the captain recounted his story to his fellow-soldiers, one of the soldiers told him that he too had been rescued from death by a beautiful monk. At the military base, others reported that they too had seen a friar on the battlefield who raised his eyes toward Heaven and prayed. One of the soldiers said that the friar’s name was Padre Pio who lived in San Giovanni Rotondo.

The captain had made a trip to San Giovanni Rotondo in order to see if Padre Pio was the priest that he had seen on the battlefield. How happy he was to be able to confirm that it was indeed Padre Pio who had rescued him and how glad he was to be able to thank him personally for saving his life.