

Pio was cherished in Puglia for his charitable works but became renowned for the miracles he is said to have performed and for having received the stigmata. Paul VI dismissed all accusations against him, and in 2002 St. Severely sanctioned by the church in his lifetime, Pio, who died in 1968 at age 81, was at times prohibited from preaching and performing the sacraments. Pio inspired a deep devotional following globally, and especially in Italy. Pio was cherished in Puglia for his charitable works but became renowned for the miracles he is said to have performed and for having received the stigmata: marks on his hands and feet resembling the wounds Christ is said to have suffered while being nailed on the cross. Pio lived in Italy’s rugged Puglia region after World War I, when staggering poverty rates and the rising fascist movement shook the country and paved the way for the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini and Italy’s involvement in the Second World War. LaBeouf spent a few days in mid-August embedded at a Capuchin monastery in Northern California to familiarize himself with Capuchin spiritual life. A release date for the movie, the brainchild of indie director Abel Ferrara and co-starring Willem Dafoe, has not been announced. LaBeouf spent a few days in mid-August embedded at a Capuchin monastery in Northern California to familiarize himself with Capuchin spiritual life as he prepares to star in a planned film biography of Padre Pio, the mystic Capuchin priest. “I’m completely immersed in something way bigger than myself,” LaBeouf said in an Instagram post published by Capuchin Friar Hai Ho last week.

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For the 2014 movie “Fury,” he reportedly refused to shower for weeks to imitate the deprivations of warfare.īut even LaBeouf was impressed by the life of a Capuchin monk. VATICAN CITY (RNS) - Shia LaBeouf is known for going to extremes to prepare for his movie roles, scarring his face and having a tooth pulled to get in character.
