POPE WILL CANONIZE BLESSED PADRE PIO NEXT SUNDAY

VATICAN CITY, JUN 11, 2002 (VIS) - On Sunday June 16, eleventh Sunday in ordinary time, John Paul II will celebrate the Eucharist at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square and will canonize Blessed Pio da Pietrelcina (Francesco Forgione), priest of the order of Friars Minor Capuchins.

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