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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.