Padre Pio: more souls of the dead than of the living come up the road to the friary
How it happened
- Sensed presenceA presence felt; an inner attraction or repulsion
What the soul wanted
- Shows its state onlyNo request is made
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| Van den AardwegHungry Souls — Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg | p. 129 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: The Saints and Mystics
- Chapter: The Fathers and Tradition
- Question: Do the souls appear to the living? What about “ghosts”?
- Question: When the souls appear, what do they ask for?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme D: How the souls appear and communicateIn flames, as light, as voices, burn marks — and what they ask for.
About the witness
19th–20th-century cases and saints1800 to the present · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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- MOD-29Padre Pio: Padre Pio sees the late Padre Bernardo walk from Our Lady's altar to the sacristy on three nights
- MOD-30Padre Pio: souls on their way to Heaven stop at the friary door to thank him