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We must walk in his world, recount the events of his life, and raise awareness of this piece of land, San Giovanni Rotondo, blessed by God, where the Lord revealed himself vividly in the person of Padre Pio with the wounds of Christ. We are talking about the sculptor Agide Finardi, who met Padre Pio at the age of 29, in 1949. A brilliant entrepreneur, he visited Padre Pio by chance, but then understood, from the words the Padre told him, that nothing happens by chance and that "there are those who arrange things." This combination was certainly providential. “I used to be a car manufacturer. I didn't know, I didn't even know who Padre Pio was. I was in the hospital with my parents; my father had stomach cancer, my mother had uterine cancer, and I was blind from a car accident. My cousins ​​had sold two cars to the Loretti family in Foggia, who paid them nothing. When they went down, they couldn't get anything. So one day I decided to go to Foggia with a cousin of mine. On the trip, three women got on board and, seeing that we were going to Foggia, they asked me if I was going to Padre Pio. They told me extraordinary things about this friar, so much so that I was amazed. The ladies had told us to go with them to San Giovanni Rotondo, but I had no intention of doing so. In Foggia, I confessed to Monsignor Carta, then I went to pick up the car, but before going to Bolzano, I came to San Giovanni Rotondo where the three women were waiting for me in the square, telling me they had also booked a room at Villa Pia. The next morning I went to Mass, I knelt behind Padre Pio, who was celebrating at the altar of Saint Francis in the small church. Then I followed Padre Pio into the sacristy, where he removed his vestments, turned toward me, and placed his hand over my mouth without a glove. "All the scabs stuck to my lips, which I then removed and put aside." He approached Padre Pio and wanted to confess. "...I would like to give my life if he saves my parents." Padre Pio replied: "Don't worry, your mother will live a few months, your father a few years. I will have a son, whom you can call Pio, and you will start all over again." https://www.padrepio.it/ PADRE PIO TV Catholic television station of the Capuchin Friars of San Giovanni Rotondo. You can watch Padre Pio TV on digital terrestrial TV on channel 145, on satellite TV on channel 445, on Sky TV on channel 852, streaming on the website: https://www.padrepio.tv/