seekeroftruth - padre pio is interesting case, but easy to understand. First, he died in 1968. News(not rumor) didn't travel as fast back then as it does today, and the new mass and other changes to the sacraments that would set off alarm bells were not even a factor/in effect yet. Second, he requested and received permission to be exempt from the liturgical changes that were occurring(permission = major factor). Third, he was an old dying stigmatized burdened religious priest. Lastly, Padre Pio is not infallible.