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Padre Pio replied to John Paul II’s letter with a miracle

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Philip Kosloski - published on 10/22/21

John Paul II wrote a letter to Padre Pio asking for prayers and the saintly friar responded with a miracle.

In 1947, newly ordained priest Fr. Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II) visited Padre Pio to meet the famous Capuchin friar. It was a brief visit, but Wojtyla didn’t forget it, as he later wrote a letter to Padre Pio asking for prayers.

The letter was written (in Latin) in 1962, when Wojtyla was a bishop in Poland. The following is an excerpt of the letter fromthe book The Making of the Pope of the Millennium.

Reverend Father, I ask you to pray for a woman about 40 years old, mother of four daughters, who spent five years in a concentration camp in Germany during the war. At present her life is threatened by a tumor. Ask God through the intercession of the Most Holy Virgin to show his mercy to this woman and her family.

John Paul II never received a reply letter from Padre Pio, but a few short days afterwards, there was a miracle. John Paul II wrote a letter back to Padre Pio, expressing his joy.

Reverend Father, the woman from Krakow was instantly healed on November 21 before the surgical intervention. I give thanks to God. I also thank you.

It is no surprise that St. John Paul II became a strong advocate of St. Pio when he became pope, canonizing the Capuchin friar in 2002.

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