Thanks for the pictures; I wish they were a bit bigger. I know you don’t agree with Catholicism, but, regardless, Padre Pio was an extraordinary saint! You would have enjoyed meeting him. Here’s a rare YouTube on him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQRxYCepS3Q
...”Padre Pio was an extraordinary saint!”....
Only to those in his remote village...the authorities opposed him most of his life and denied his claims...in fact ordered him to refrain from anything other than “private” mass..and he was stripped of his priesthood...
It was only later these were returned to him as the Popes changed..and of course anything in the catholic church can change when that occurs.
Because of his “following” they determined to make merchandise of his remains...and of course that over the expressed will of his family who did not want his body to be ..”profaned”..nor displayed.