Julius Fine
Florence Fine Herman in 1965 asked Padre Pio to pray for her father who had terminal ALS. He promised to take him under his protection. He was a devout Jew. Two years later he died. She was told by friends that without baptism one cannot be saved. She went back to Padre Pio with a heavy heart. She took the courage to ask: “Where is my father?” Padre Pio replied: “Julius Fine is saved. But we need to pray a lot for him.”^[23]

Padre Pio was asked if he suffered like the souls in Purgatory. He replied: “Yes. The souls in Purgatory don’t suffer more than I do. I am sure that I am not wrong on this.”^[5]

Annita Lodi’s parents

Annita Lodi testified that she told Padre Pio after confession: “Tomorrow is the feast if St. Francis. Please ask him to go to Purgatory and free the souls of my parents.” Padre Pio replied: “I can do it myself.”^[21]

@15 Purgatory, Heaven, two years reprieve, hell, Angels, devil

So the Dimond Brothers adress these very well in that link I posted the other day.

So, just in general about Padre Pio, I doubt that there's any figure in all of history to whom more bogus quotes and saying have been attributed, not even close.  I could go on for hours with fake "Padre Pio Quotes" that people made up, many of which were positively debunked afterwards.  Just to give a couple.  Fake Padre Pio quote telling JP2 he would be pope some day when Wojtyla met Padre.  Even Wojtyla later admitted this was not true.  Fake quote where Pio reprimands Archbishop Lefebvre, saying something like "You will think you are right, but you will be wrong."  Both +Lefebvre and another witness there say that no such quote ever happened, that the only thing that happened was that Archbishop Lefebvre asked Padre Pio for his blessing, but the latter instead asked for +Lefebvre's, since he was a bishop and Pio only a priest.  You can see in the picture how Padre Pio was beaming with happiness in meeting +Lefebvre.  There are myriad other bogus quotes, especially from people with an agendfa.  Pio approved Garbandal.  False.  Pio approved this.  Pio approved that.  99% are probably fake.

So with the perfect storm of the internet, where anyone can make up anything and the stature of Padre Pio, there are probably thousands of fake Padre Pio quotes out there.

But the Dimond Brothers explain the above by giving it the proper context, where it was likely that Fine converted and was baptized.  Except we have no one's word for it except that of the Jew, who may have faked it to promote some agenda.

Do you claim these people are lying?

THE ORIGINAL LETTER OF PADRE PIO TO THE SEERS OF GARABANDAL | Garabandal News

Yep.  100% they're lying.  Even during his lifetime there were a number of faked letters sent pretending to be from Padre Pio and the key identifying attribute was that they were typed on a typewriter (which Padre himself didn't know how to use).  This has been dealt with elsewhere.

That Mark Twain quote about people not wanting to admit they were deceived is coming out in full force these days. My goodness.

How do you mean?

And

Mark Twain What an enormous loser (he was truly deceived)

Twain was a Presbyterian.^[178] He was critical of organized religion and certain elements of Christianity through his later life. For example, Twain wrote, "Faith is believing what you know ain't so", and "If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be – a Christian".^[179] With anti-Catholic sentiment rampant in 19th century America, Twain noted that he was "educated to enmity toward everything that is Catholic".^[180] As an adult, Twain engaged in religious discussions and attended services, his theology developing as Twain wrestled with the deaths of loved ones and with his own mortality.^[18

Those who knew Twain well late in life recount that he dwelt on the subject of the afterlife, his daughter Clara saying: "Sometimes he believed death ended everything, but most of the time he felt sure of a life beyond."<sup>[193]

Twain was a Freemason.[195][196] He belonged to Polar Star Lodge No. 79 A.F.&A.M., based in St. Louis. Twain was initiated an Entered Apprentice on May 22, 1861, passed to the degree of Fellow Craft on June 12, and raised to the degree of Master Mason on July 10.</sup>

His specific quote is spot on about people not wanting to admit they are being deceived. I don't care what religion or ideology he had. 

At the Garabandal link, they explicitly explain WHY people make up Padre Pio quotes and material ...

Today no one would question the truth of an event if Padre Pio had authenticated it. This is the case of the apparitions of the Virgin in San Sebastian of Garabandal, in Cantabria (Spain). 

I own a copy of Peter's book, it is great. I have nothing against PP. Still, we don't know...

Right.  Of course we don't know for sure, and I'm open to reasonable/rational discussions on the subject.  I did read that one link that Matthew posted with an open mind ... it just turned out to be pure trash.  And the problem here is what I said, where if I had to guess, I'd say that 99% of the "Padre Pio Quotes" are fakes, either made up by people with an agenda, or sensationalistic nonsense made up to get clicks on the internet (oh, yeah, that's another fake one I forgot ... Three Days Darkness.  Padre Pio never talked about it, but there are volumes of fake quotes from him about the subject, because it's sensationalistic and gets clicks.)  We're not in a position to do a full investigation.

And, really, why spend the time?  My faith certainly doesn't depend on Padre Pio.  There's very little (except mostly fake quotes) that might cause some harm to faith.  So I just stay away from the subject, deferring to competent ecclesiastical authority, when it comes.  As for me, if I had only one hour and had to choose between spending it before the Blessed Sacrament or in conversation with Padre Pio, one-on-one, close up, looking at his stigmata, I'd spend the time before the Blesesed Sacrament.  Stigmata are childsplay to the miracle of transubstantiation, and Padre Pio is a nobody compared to Our Lord the Blessed Sacrament.  Padre Pio himself complained that his Masses were filled with people but there were other priests there at the monastery who couldn't find an altar server to serve their Masses.  Are we there for God or for him?

So my attitude about Padre Pio is, if he was a great saint, then I'm happy for him, good for him ... but as far as I'm concerned, I only really care about the things of God.

Now, there are some somewhat-more-reliable statements from him that might be of some use, such as related by Father Amorth, a rather more reliable source, who related what Padre Pio said about the Third Secret of Fatima, basically saying that it dealt with an Antichurch and some Antipopes.

Then of course there's the bigger picture of Conciliar canonizations, but that's not specific to Padre Pio.

A real Pope and his people will decide if Padre Pio is a saint or not. 

Meanwhile, I found it very poor when the Brazilian branch of the SSPX promoted a trip to Italy on which they visited San Giovanni Rotondo. I mean, there are so many saints, sanctuaries and places related to pre-Vatican 2 canonized saints in Italy, and they chose to go to Padre Pio's place.