@abdimarihotmarbun: POV: You're a young seminarian meeting a living saint, and he hits you. Padre Pio was the 20th century's most "extraordinary" saint-stigmatist, healer, and soul-reader. But he didn't do "gentle." When a young, kind-hearted seminarian named Angelo Roncalli came to visit, Pio didn't just offer a prayer. He offered a legendary slap to the face. Pio saw something in the young man that Roncalli hadn't seen yet. That seminarian grew up to be Pope John XXIII, the "Good Pope" who opened the Second Vatican Council. Sometimes, the path to the Papacy starts with a holy reality check. Follow @TheTealHalo for more from The Luminous Archive. #PadrePio #PopeJohnXXIII #Saints #CatholicHistory #TheTealHalo credit video IG reels thetealhalo

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