A woman kneels in prayer as she ascends the steps of Padre Pio Sanctuary at the San Giovanni Rotondo village in southern Italy April 24, 2008. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)
Pilgrims wait in front of Santa Maria delle Grazie to visit the crypt where the exhumed body of the mystic saint Padre Pio lies in a glass sepulchre 40 years after his death, in San Giovanni Rotondo, southern Italy April 24, 2008
Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints waves to pilgrims as he arrives to celebrate a Mass at the Padre Pio Sanctuary, in San Giovanni Rotondo, southern Italy, Thursday, April 24, 2008.