# 63 OF 70 - THIS HAPPY BOOK REPORT ON PADRE PIO!

# 63 OF 70 - THIS HAPPY BOOK REPORT ON PADRE PIO

IN SUPPORT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOSPOT.COM - THURS. AUG. 13, 2020

 

PADRE PIO - THE TRUE STORY - C. BERNARD RUFFIN

Chapter 31 - "Just in Time for my Golden Jubilee"  p. 356 - 359

 

"Maccari then addressed the charges of fanaticism and complained about the shysters who peddled crudely painted likeness of the padre along with their usual faked relics, all within the shadow of the friary. 'This is superstition, not faith!" complained the visitor. Raffale reminded him that this kind of commerce was a problem in religious sanctuaries all over the world ---"even at Rome, which, under the very eye of the Vatican, teems with ... shysters...

 

According to Raffaele, Padre Pio was repelled by Barberini and tried to avoid him whenever possible. When he encountered the secretary, Raffaele observed that Padre Pio's "face changed and reflected a sense of nausea." Another priest was of a different opinion and claimed that Padre Pio liked Barberini and used to joke him.

 

Padre Barberini  told the friars that he had been assigned the task of examining all correspondence. He began opening all letters, even, confidential ones, checking the offerings to see if the Capuchins were really passing on to the Casa those so designated. He even followed the mailman as he handed over his sack of letters to the receptionist  and shadowed the receptionist as he distributed the mail...

 

At length, Maccari decided to interview Padre Pio. A time was set and Pio appeared, only to have Barberini tell him that Maccari was too busy and could not come. The padre, greatly irked because he had to forgo hearing confessions, let the incident pass and "withdrew to his room in holy peace."

 

Later that day, Maccari summoned Padre Pio again, and the two men remained closeted for some time. Pio emerged "serious and serene," but in a conversation with his friend, Padre Raffaele implied that he had been reprimanded for showing favoritism toward certain local women and blamed for the alleged financial mismanagement of his Casa directors. The padre was deeply hurt by Maccari's criticism concerning the location of the Casa, which the visitor indicated who should have been built in Rome or some other large urban center. Apparently, Maccari told Pio, "A month after you are dead, your hospital will have to close its doors!"...

 

Maccari made his report to Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, prefect of the Holy Office. On January 31, 1961, the cardinal sent a memorandum to the superior at San Giovanni, stating that the Maccari investigation had uncovered "not a few violations of the religious Rule," and in order to "stop the repetitions of acts that have the character of a cult director towards the person of Padre Pio," the following directives were to be carried out: (1) The priests and bishops were henceforth forbidden to serve Padre Pio' Mass; (2) the time of his Mass was to be varied from day to day; the faithful were to be strictly forbidden to congregate around the professional  to converse with Pio as he entered or departed; 4) no one was to be admitted to the church without a ticket during the hours when the Padre was hearing confessions: (5) Pio was prohibited from receiving women alone in the guest room or anywhere else; (6) the faithful were forbidden to congregate in the sacristy or anywhere else; (7) railings were to be elected around the women's confessionals in the church so that penitents waiting in line could not eavesdrop or pester the padre for favors...

 

The directives of the Holy Office were bitterly resented by many if Pio's followers. Padre Rosario was denounced as "The Jailer" and "The Rosary of the Devil." Rumors continue to circulate. It was said that Cleonice Morcaldi and her friends were trying to convince Padre Pio to leave the friary and to take up residence at the Casa and that they had an order from the Vatican which overruled the local superior...

 

There were further difficulties. On November 17, 1961, Father Clement Neubauer, minister general, came to San Giovanni in person ... to ask Padre Pio to sign over the title deeds of the Casa to the Vatican. This Pio did without protest. ...

George H. Kubeck, "There was a kind of serious competition between two major religious sites."