After further consideration of Father Pio's virtues and ability to do good even after his death, including discussion of another healing attributed to his intercession, the pope declared Father Pio a saint on June 16, 2002. An estimated 300,000 people attended the Canonization ceremony.
On July 1, 2004, Pope Saint John Paul II dedicated the Father Pio Pilgrimage Church, built in the village of San Giovanni Rotondo to the memory of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina. A statue of Saint Pio in Messina, Sicily attracted attention in 2002 when it wept tears of blood.
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