 On December 3, 1944, Jose Mario Pantaleo completed his studies in the seminary of Mattera.Without a fixed destiny in his homeland, and bearing in mind that Cardinal Antonio Caggiano, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina, had asked the Pope for more clergymen, he went to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina for counsel.He encouraged Mario, saying, "Go my son, you're following your destiny.