The fourth will stand at another popular, nearby pilgrimage site: St. Michael’s Cave. A video on Schmalz’s YouTube channel shows the artist working on his Padre Pio sculptures in his studio ...

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Catholic artist Timothy P. Schmalz calls Padre Pio his favorite saint. And so, when he learned that four of his sculptures would honor the Italian mystic on his feast day — Sept. 23 — he was ...