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  • Events: Reports
    (September 18, 2012)
    An exhibit celebrating the life and legacy of Saint Padre Pio opened at The Westchester Italian Cultural Center on Thursday, September 13, 2012. It remains on display until Thursday, November 15, 2012. Multiple cultural events are programmed around it.
  • A body always draws a crowd. Lenin's pickled remains at the center of Moscow's Red Square is the site of thousands of curio-seekers, but this week the body of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (commonly known as Padre Pio) will gather throngs of the more devotional sort. It is expected that among them many will be those old enough to remember the sensational events of Padre Pio's long, spiritually observant, yet highly scrutinized life as monk to the people