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[[Image:Padre_PioScanner2.jpg|framethumb|300px|right|PaterImage example from ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner PioDarkly]]'']]
'''Rotoshop''' is a proprietary [[graphic]]s [[editing]] program created by [[Bob Sabiston]]. Rotoshop uses an animation technique called [[interpolation|interpolated]] [[Rotoscope|rotoscoping]], which has been used in [[Richard Linklater]]'s films ''[[Waking Life]]'' and ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]''. The name is a play on the name [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]], a product from [[Adobe_Systems|Adobe]], whose name has now come to encompass almost any photo editing software.
'''Saint Pater Pio''' (or '''Padre Pio''') (born Francesco Forgione on [[May 25]], [[1887]] – died [[September 23]], [[1968]]) was an Italian [[priest]] who had [[stigmata]] for many years. What was so unusual about St. Pio's stigmata was that when it bled, the blood smelled of perfume or flowers. He acquired fame as a [[miracle]] worker and [[clairvoyant]]. He is described as having been a pious youth who often fell into "trances" and [[hallucination|hallucinating]] states of altered consciousness. He also developed a habit of [[flagellant|self-flagellation]], a behavioural phenomenon associated with religious extremism thought to fuel altered mental states. He is alleged by believers to have been able to [[bilocate]] and was granted a dispensation from ever saying the [[Novus Ordo Missae|Novus Ordo Mass]]. On [[June 16]], [[2002]], [[Pope John Paul II]] proclaimed the famous Pater Pio as ''Saint Pio of Pietrelcina''. [[Skeptic]]s have classified Padre Pio as a "pious fraud," opining that his widely-reported stigmata were self-inflicted. During his lifetime, Padre Pio was the subject of two official [[investigation]]s conducted by [[Vatican]] authorities.
== Biographical outline==
*Born in [[Pietrelcina]], [[Italy]]
*Baptised in Santa Anna Church, Pietrelcina
*Joined Order of Friars Minor [[Capuchin]] in 1903
*Ordained in Cathedral of Benevento in 1910
*Assigned priest at Santa Maria degli Angeli (Our Lady of the Angels), Pietrelcina; stigmata began
*Served in Italian Medical Corps 1917–1918
*Began plans for Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza (Home to Relieve Suffering) in 1940; hospital opened in San Giovanni Rotondo in 1956
== Vocation ==
At the early age of 16, [[6 January]] [[1903]], he entered the [[novitiate]] of the [[Capuchin]] Friars at Morcone, where on [[22 January]] he took the Franciscan habit and the name of Brother Pio.
He took simple vows during his novitiate year, and on [[27 January]] [[1907]], made his solemn profession.
== Ordination ==
He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] on [[10 August]] [[1910]] at [[Benevento]].
For health reasons he remained with his family until early [[1916]].
Later that same year he went to the [[friar]]y of San Giovanni Rotondo, at the request of his superiors and remained there until his death.
== Rome ==
On [[20 February]] [[1971]], [[Pope Paul VI]], speaking to the superiors of the Capuchin Order, said of Padre Pio:
"Look what fame he had, what a worldwide following gathered around him! But why? Perhaps because he was a philosopher? Because he was wise? Because he had resources at his disposal? Because he said Mass humbly, heard confessions from dawn to dusk and was—it is not easy to say it—one who bore the wounds of our Lord.
He was a man of prayer and suffering".
=== [[Venerable]] ===
Pater Pio was proclaimed Venerable on [[18 December]] [[1997]] by Pope John Paul II.
It was the first step to his canonization.
=== [[Beatification]] ===
On [[5 May]] [[1999]], [[Pope John Paul II]] proclaimed
Padre Pio Beatific. It was the second step to his canonization.
=== [[Canonization]] ===
On [[16 June]] [[2002]], [[Pope John Paul II]] proclaimed
Padre Pio, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.
Half a million people were in attendance at the announcement ceremony.
== San Giovanni Rotondo ==
On [[1 July]] [[2004]], the [[San Giovanni Rotondo]] was dedicated to his memory by Pope John Paul II on the spot where Pater Pio lived.[http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1252387,00.html]
== Irish Republican Army ==
In [[2004]], the [[Irish Republican Army]] began using a new method of punishment for people they considered disruptive. This new punishment has been dubbed the "Padre Pio" because it involves shooting the alleged offender in the palms of both hands; this is a reference to Pio's well-known case of stigmata.
==External links==
*http://www.flatblackfilms.com/Rotoshop.html
*[http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020616_padre-pio_en.html Vatican bio]
*http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/23423/Rotoshop_Animation.html
*[http://padrepio.catholicwebservices.com/ENGLISH/ENGLISH_index.htm Saint Pio of Pietrelcina]
*[http://www.ewtn.com/padrepio/ EWTN bio]
*[http://www.padrepio.com Padre Pio Foundation of America]
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