I've had a lot of strange encounters in my life but probably nothing as bizarre as last week's "interview" with Padre Pio, the Italian Catholic saint who died in 1968.
A Toledo-area woman says she "channels" the late saint, and when I went to do the interview her brother insisted that when Padre Pio appeared I should ask him questions.
I am rarely at a loss for questions but this one caught me by surprise. What would you ask a dead man?

Well, I interviewed the woman in her "normal" state and then when Padre Pio appeared, I asked him some questions. It was quite interesting but I won't say more until the article is published, which I have tentatively scheduled for July 5th.

Toledo, Ohio
June 22, 2008