From Catholicvote:
Father John Aurilia, OFM Cap., died Jan. 13 in Wilmington, Delaware, at the age of 85. He was Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s personal secretary in 1967, a year before the saint passed away, in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
The Dialog, the official diocesan newspaper of Wilmington, Delaware, reports that the diocese interviewed Fr. Aurilia in September 2025 on its Catholic Forum radio show. With 300,000 views the episode is the most-watched video on the diocese’s YouTube channel. The Dialog reported on some of Fr. Aurilia’s memories of St. Pio, such as the description of his stigmata wounds.