Fr Rupnik: 'Padre Pio's spiritual struggle represented in mosaic'

Fr Marko Ivan Rupnik, SJ, Director of the Aletti Artistic Center, explains the significance of his mosaics decorating the crypt chapel in San Giovanni Rotondo, where Pope Francis will venerate Padre Pio's relics during a pilgrimage on Saturday.

Pope Francis on Saturday makes a pastoral visit the southern Italian towns of Pietrelcina and San Giovanni Rotondo in the footsteps of Padre Pio.

Fr Marko Ivan Rupnik, SJ, Director of the Aletti Artistic Center, explains the significance of his mosaics decorating the crypt chapel, in which Padre Pio's relics are venerated.

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