At the intercession of Padre Pio, the mother of a Romanian Orthodox priest was cured of
terminal cancer.
Because of this miracle, the whole parish wanted to know more about Padre Pio, and in
that process, they all ended up converting to Catholicism.
The action of Saint Padre Pio changed this community's lives so much that despite many,
many difficulties, they finally were able to build a church dedicated to the saint as
well as a hospital for the terminally ill.
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In this particular case of the Tudor family, Padre Pio didn't only work a physical miracle,
but he also worked the conversion of hundreds of people to Catholicism.
And Romania, of course, was a country deeply rooted in a communist past with a strong Orthodox
majority.
Let first me tell you a little bit about Victor Tudor.
He was a Romanian Orthodox priest who had never heard anything about Padre Pio.
And after the miraculous healing of his mother who was suffering from incurable cancer, he
together with his whole parish, became Catholics.
But he also decided to go further, and overcoming thousands of difficulties and obstacles, he
managed to build a church dedicated to this Capuchin saint, Padre Pio, as well as a hospital
for the terminally ill.
Now, this story began in 2003 with Lucrecia, who was Victor's mother, and she was diagnosed
with lung cancer.
The doctors told her that she was inoperable because the cancer had already metastasized
and spread to other organs.
And they told her that she had a few months to live.
Faced with this situation, Father Victor turned to his brother, Mariano, who was a specialist
iconographer, restoring pictures, and who worked in Rome.
He hoped to be able to meet a doctor who would be able to treat his mother in Italy.
Well, eventually they were able to contact one of the best doctors in the world in this
field who told them he would try if the mother went to Rome.
Well, no sooner was this said then Lucrecia arrived in Italy.
However, she was extremely sick.
The doctor saw her and concluded that an operation would be useless and that all they could do
was to use medication to relieve the terrible pain.
Note that this is 2003 and medicine was pretty advanced.
The mother remained a while with her son in Rome.
Whilst she was there, Mariano continued working on a mosaic in a church, and he took his mother
with him.
As he was working, Lucrecia visited the church.
She went around and she saw all the different pictures, but one picture caught her eye.
It was located somewhere in the corner of the church, and it was of St. Padre Pio.
The lady was impressed, and she asked her son, "Who is this?"
And he briefly told her this story of Padre Pio.
Well, the following day, the son noticed his mother was sitting constantly in front of
this one picture, this image of Padre Pio.
And she spoke to the image as if she was speaking to a person.
And so the days passed.
Well, two weeks later, Lucrecia and son Mariano returned to return to the hospital for a further
examination.
To the surprise and absolute astonishment of the doctor, the terminal cancer of the
Romanian lady had completely disappeared.
The Orthodox lady had asked Padro Pio for his intercession, and Padre Pio had obviously
answered.
The news of this miracle got back to Romania, starting with Father Victor and from there
to the Orthodox community.
And Father Victor said, "The miraculous healing of my mother through Padre Pio, in favour
of an Orthodox woman, caught my attention."
That's what the Romanian priest recognized at the time.
And the figure of Padre Pio, which was until then completely unknown to him, now, fascinated
Victor.
So he started to read about the life of Padre Pio and something began to change in him.
He then told his parishioners about his mother's miracle, and they were also amazed because
they knew Victor's mother well.
They all knew his mother had gone to Italy for surgery and that she had returned without
having undergone an operation.
So, this miracle not only transformed the Tudor family, but the entire Orthodox community.
And Victor tells us that his parish gradually began to know and to love Padre Pio.
We have read everything that we could find about Padre Pio and his holiness has convinced
us.
Other sick people in the parish have also received extraordinary graces from Padre Pio.
Nevertheless, many problems began to occur.
Obviously, they were still Orthodox, but now there were also followers of a contemporary
Catholic saint.
Because of Padre Pio, Father Victor and his parish had decided to become Catholic.
And today, they belong to the Greek Catholic Rite of Romania this Rite is united with Rome.
Their lives were changed, but like Padre Pio, they had many difficulties and had to prove
their faith.
Now, in a recent television interview, Victor Tudor tells us that they had numerous obstacles
to become Catholic because conversion in this Orthodox land and its communist past both
counted against him.
Problems from politicians, the police, etc., just didn't stop.
But they did not let themselves become discouraged and decided that despite all the dead ends,
they had to go even further and build a church dedicated to Padre Pio.
The faithful participated in the construction of this church, all of them getting involved
in the spirit of humility.
Meanwhile, despite the freezing temperatures, they had to celebrate mass outside on the
street because of all the enormous bureaucratic obstacles.
So eventually Father Victor went to his bishop in desperation, in the face of so many problems,
and the bishop replied, "This is of God, and all these things will be solved."
And then at one point, all of a sudden, unexpectedly, a bishop paid for the land of the church.
So at least they had the land.
Extraordinary things happened, which little by little paved the way for the construction.
Father Victor, together with his brother, went to Rome to pray for help for this church,
and there they met another bishop and told him the whole story, about the problems they
were facing.
So this bishop asked, "Who will be your patron?"
And after answering that it would be Padre Pio, the Bishop smiled and assured them, "Well,
Padre Pio will make this church, his own."
And now the church is a reality.
And for Father Victor, this is a further miracle.
I had the feeling that Padre Pio helped me and my faithful here and in other countries
and churches.
He is a beacon of faith.
And he took the model of San Giovanni Rotondo and applied it in Romania.
He founded this little San Giovanni Rotondo in Romania and built a hospital to care for
terminally ill, people without financial means, as well as the abandoned elderly.
However, the difficulties he says are enormous and the money is short.
But Father Victor depends on the intercession of Padre Pio, who so far has not failed.
Padre Pio continues to work for the whole world from heaven.
He continues to perform countless miracles even today.
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