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This memoir offers a rare, up-close glimpse of the life and personality of St. Pio of Pietrelcina.

The late Fr. Amorth—well-known as an exorcist —enjoyed over two decades of a close friendship with Padre Pio, whom he considered his spiritual father.

Adding his own personal experience to a foundation of biographical research, Amorth gives an illuminating account of perhaps one of the best-known saints of the twentieth century. In this book, we span from Padre Pio's childhood—where he cured himself of a disease by wolfing down all his mother's fried bell peppers—to his miracle-filled priesthood, to his Italian gift for mimicry, humor, and storytelling.