In Popular Culture
- Saint Pio and the validity of his claims are discussed in the novel The Shroud Codex by Jerome R. Corsi, ISBN 978-1-4391-9041-8, Threshold Editions, 2010.
- In the 1998 film Stigmata, one the main characters, a priest named Father Kiernan, while investigating a possible case of stigmata afflicting a woman played by Patricia Arquette, mentions Padre Pio in a conversation with her, during which a photo of Padre Pio as a young man is shown on screen.
Read more about this topic: Pio Of Pietrelcina
Famous quotes containing the words popular and/or culture:
“Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.”
—Charles James Fox (1749–1806)
“Education must, then, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.”
—Jerome S. Bruner (20th century)
Related Phrases
Related Words