Stigmata ending explained (spoilers)

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Frankie is a messenger of Father Alameida's spirit (and he also suffered stigmata wounds). The spirit releases Frankie (Patricia Arquette) and then Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne) goes to the church in Brazil and discovers the Gospel of Thomas (that the three priests were translating)hidden beneath the church floor. In the DVD alternate ending, Frankie dies.