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Padre Pio's Saintly Return

Prelates view and photograph the body of Padre Pio, an Italian saint, laying in repose inside a crystal casket in the crypt of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Pare Pio Sanctuary / AP

A Crystal Casket
Padre Pio, a mystic Capuchin monk, had an enormous following in Italy and abroad. He died in 1968 after living for decades with inexplicable, bleeding wounds on his hands and feet.

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