This video is about a miracle that took place in France to do with Padre Pio, and it changed
our understanding or our knowledge of Padre Pio. Please do stay tuned to find out more.
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It is a historical fact that Padre Pio, materially speaking, he never set a foot in France. However,
on the supernatural level, things appear slightly different,
and there was a journey recorded of the Saint to France, and it was testified to
by its beneficiaries and a miracle seems to have taken place, and this was made public in 1958.
In January of 1957, and this happened in Alen on in France, the young Daniel Batonnier,
he was just six years old at the time and he was diagnosed with meningitis,
so an infection of the brain tissue, of the lining of the brain, and his case was diagnosed. It was
considered hopeless by the doctors. At the advice of some neighbors, a telegram was sent off to
Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, and it pleaded for Padre Pio's prayers for a child who was dying.
This telegram was sent at 1:30 on this particular day,
and then by three o'clock that same day, Daniel's temperature... his fever had now
soared. It was at 41 degrees and he was staring right at death, staring in the face of death,
and then at 4:00 PM, one hour later, there was a complete reversal.
Inexplicably his fever now started to decline, and the child survived and he recovered.
Well, the following day, young Daniel noticed a little picture, an image
of Padre Pio that his mother had put right there next to his bed,
and the boy said with a smile, "Mommy, I know this priest. He came to see me twice this morning,
and in fact he sang to me quietly so that I would not be scared, and then he left
and he went out through the door." Well Mrs. Batonnier, she was absolutely astounded and
she didn't know what to think. She was actually not a practicing Catholic and certainly knew
very little or probably nothing about Padre Pio, and nothing about his bilocations.
This miracle was revealed by a Father Onfray in his article in the publication [Nossa Se ora dos
Novos Tempos, Our Lady of the New Times, and this was in the March, April edition of 1958.
Now this inexplicable and sudden cure of their child, which was a miracle,
led his parents to a religious marriage. Before they were just civilly married,
and now they got married within the church, and a small but important detail of this whole miracle
is that it took place in the town of Alen on, which was the hometown of St. Therese of the
Infant Jesus for whom Padre Pio actually had a great devotion. Dearly loved her.
The fame of Padre Pio after this quickly spread throughout France,
and the result of all of this was that unlike the obedience of the Italian Capuchins that they were
not allowed to spread news of Padre Pio or about his stigmata, the French Capuchins, for them it
was different, and they went all out. They spoke highly of Padre Pio in all of their publications,
all the details about Padre Pio, and they actively contributed to making Padre Pio known to us all,
and so probably because of this obscure miracle that took place in Alen on in France,
today we know so much about Padre Pio. It contributed towards our knowledge of Padre Pio.
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