New Letter found from Pope John Paul II to St Padre Pio

Cathcon translation of Wojtyla schreibt an Pater Pio

From an archive in Krakow, a letter from an unknown Karol Wojtyla to Father Pio has emerged, reports the Italian daily newspaper "Il Giornale". The letter from the late Pope John Paul to the southern Italian saint was discovered in the residence of the Krakow archbishop; Wojtyla was in 1963, when he wrote the letter, Archbishop of the city. In the letter, he asked Father Pio to pray for the sick and for him personally. Previously, only two shorter Wojtyla letters to Father Pio have been known. The future pope met the miraculous healer and visionary Father Pio only once - in 1948, when he studied in Rome. The newly found letter will play a role in the canonisation process for John Paul.