"Brothers and sisters!" "Here among us is Tonino Pettola, the Great!" " The stigmata!" " The stigmata!" "You... it's you..." "It's really you!" "You all see a sheep, but it's not a sheep!" "This is the Madonna!" "I see Mary!" "Wicked!" "Sick!" "Sinners!" "Pray!" "Pray to the Virgin Mary!" "Mother, Mother!" "The wicked long to be freed of their wickedness!" "The sick of their sickness!" "The sinners of their sinfulness!" "I'm speaking to You." "I'm speaking to You, Mother." "Hear the prayers of your faithful ones and get to work." "I'm asking You..." "I, the Messiah!" "The poor Tonino!" "Give us strength!" "Enough!" "Why does sin bring more sin?" "When will you halt my treacherous and vindictive hand, Lord Jesus?" "Or is it You... who is gently moving my hand for the sake of the church?" "I beg you, don't let me die with this anguish, Lord." "Eminence." "She's here." "You're a phenomenal lip-reader, Amatucci." "Just phenomenal." "Friends, good evening!" "Today we are here with a very very special guest." "Let's start from the beginning." "What's your name?" " Tonino Pettola." " Tonino, what kind of work do you do?" "I'm a shepherd." "I herd sheep." "So, a flock." "You need to know that Tonino Pettola has a flock of sheep, and a few years ago he started to see the Madonna." " Right, Tonino?" " Yes." "When did you have your first vision?" "The day I got... the stigmata!" "The stigmata!" "Unbelievable!" "Tonino, show us your stigmata." "No... ok, ok, thanks!" "Ladies and gentlemen, it's incredible." "This is truly amazing!" "I'm close to him, and I assure you, these are genuine stigmata!" "Tonino, please tell us about this vision." "In the middle of my flock, a young woman appeared, full of light." " Yes." " It was Mary." "It was the Madonna." "It was the Madonna." " And the Madonna spoke to you, Tonino, right?" " Yes." " What did She say?" " She said: "Tonino"..." " Yes?" ""You are a descendant of Mine and also of Padre Pio." "You have the Light." "You have the power to see Me, and to heal the sick." "You have..."" "In any case, my friends, let me say that..." "Tonino Pettola lives here in Montecruccoli, and for the past two years, since he began having visions, thousands of faithful have come from all over Europe, right?" "Just to see him, to meet him, to touch him, to ask him for a miracle." "Tonino, you've already done some healings, right?" " Yes." " After six months the healings began." " The Madonna..." " Yes... listens to Tonino... particularly in regard to cardiovascular diseases" " and meniscus problems." " Useful!" "In fact, a lot of athletes have come here to Montecruccoli." " Pallotta, the soccer star..." " Yes, we say hello to him!" "expected to be benched for 6 months with torn ligaments, but after Tonino touched him, he recovered." "The following Sunday he was back on the field." "He even scored a double." "With his right foot, which is not his good one." "Incredible." "This story is incredible!" "You should know that Tonino receives only 100 people at a time." "Otherwise, he says, the miracles won't happen." " Isn't that right, Tonino?" " Yes, that's right." "And I'd like to say that we don't ask for money." " No, no, no." " And there's nothing illegal here." "I have a gift, and I want to put it to use to serve the needy." "And that's really beautiful..." "We know that something is bothering you." "Tonino is heartbroken." "Tonino is heartbroken because unfortunately the Church refuses to recognize his abilities." "And this pains you." "But today we'd like to put our show at your disposal, which, as you know, is very popular, to speak directly to the cardinals who are listening." "And why not?" "Maybe even to the Pope!" "Because maybe the Pope is watching us too!" "Tonino, what do you want to say to the Pope?" " There?" " Yes there!" "Holy Father... why won't you believe me?" "We sent you... all the documents, but you returned them unopened." "I am real." "I'm not lying." "I am so devoted, so in love with God, that the Madonna answered my prayers." "And she appeared to me." "I don't want money." "I just want you to say that I am one of you." "I don't want to found a Church of my own." "But if you in Rome continue to call me a fraud, then I'll be forced to found a church of my own." "They all want it... all the faithful flocking here to see me." "What should I do, Holy Father?" "Please tell me." "Please tell me." "If he perhaps wants to tell me." ""I don't want to sin anymore", Ester said through her tears." "I've heard more people say that than anything else in my life." "And they all believe what they say." "She also believed what she said." "Poor girl." "She doesn't know that up to the very last day that we are able to think, we are condemned to go on sinning." "That's why I need you, Girolamo." "You are my oasis." "You are my salvation." "You, Girolamo, are the only soul in the world without sin." "Only you, Girolamo, can truly touch the hem of holiness." "You, who do not know..." "and will never know what it means to live inside a wrong life every single day." "Forgive me." "Forgive me if you can, Girolamo."