Alyssa Murphy

Alyssa Murphy is the National Catholic Register’s Managing Editor of Digital Assets. Starting her career on the airwaves in San Francisco, she has worked in all facets of media. Alyssa enjoys writing and covering stories that inspire and uplift. Register readers may be familiar with her voice from EWTN radio’s “Morning Glory.” Alyssa currently lives in New Jersey just outside Manhattan with her husband, Andrew, and young daughter, Annabelle.

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Worshippers gather to pray in front of the exhumed body of mystic-saint Padre Pio in the Catholic Church of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura (St. Lawrence Outside the Walls) in Rome on Feb. 4, 2016. Credit: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty

Padre Pio: 13 facts about the saint to know and share

Sep 23, 2024 / 11:15 am

On Sept. 23, the Church celebrates one of the most popular Catholic saints of the 20th century — St. Pio of Pietrelcina, commonly known as Padre Pio.