St. Padre Pio, Humanae
Vitae, and Mandatory Abortion
St.
Pio defended the controversial encyclical, praising its lofty teachings and
eternal truths.
In
the light of the Humanae Vitaes other accurate predictions,
are mandatory birth control and abortion on the horizon for America?
by Frank M. Rega, S.F.O.
St. Padre Pio
demonstrated the depth of his love and loyalty to the Church when he publicly praised and
defended Pope Paul VI for his encyclical Humanae Vitae, Of Human Life. 1 Upon its release in the summer of 1968, a torrent
of vilification and disobedience was unleashed upon the Pontiff from within the Church, as
well as mockery and scorn from without. Such
open rebellion against Peters successor was unprecedented, and yet he had done
nothing more than his solemn duty to uphold the infallible, magisterial teaching of
Catholicism against unnatural methods of birth control. The likes of Fr. Hans
Kung, Fr. Charles Curran, et. al., and the Canadian Bishops Winnipeg
Statement, brazenly stood in opposition to the teachings of their own religion. Many did defend the document; but one great
saint, a man whom God had raised up as a beacon to guide countless souls during a century
of wars and materialism, was conspicuous in his support of the Pope and his encyclical. Only two weeks before his own death in September
of that year, St. Padre Pio wrote an inspired and moving letter to the Holy Father which
was printed in the Vaticans official newspaper LOsservatore Romano. 2
It is an epistle of great significance, and
will likely be part of the evidence put forth in his favor should St. Pio be declared a
Doctor of the Church. He is effusive in his
praise of the Popes encyclical, referring to its lofty teachings,
eternal truths, clear and decisive words, and its inspired
directives. I know that Your heart suffers much these days
on account of the happenings in the Church: for peace in the world, for the great needs of
its peoples; but above all, for the lack of obedience of some, even Catholics, to the
lofty teachings which You, assisted by the Holy Spirit and in the name of God, have given
us. I offer Your Holiness my daily prayers and
sufferings, the insignificant but sincere offering of the least of your sons, asking the
Lord to comfort you with His grace to continue along the direct yet often burdensome wayin defense of those eternal truths which can never
change with the times. He specifically mentions the encyclical and fully supports and obeys what he considers its inspired teaching: |
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Frank Rega is the author of: Padre
Pio and America,
St.
Francis of Assisi and the Conversion of the Muslims,
The
Greatest Catholic President: Garcia Moreno of Ecuador
Life of the Mystic Luisa Piccarreta
- Journeys in the Divine Will vols. 1 and 2
Life of the Mystic Luisa
Piccarreta - volume 3 in preparation
The
Truth about Padre Pio's Stigmata and Other Wonders of the Saint
Vatican II, Evolution, and Medjugorje: Hubris, Heresy, and Mystery
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