Padre Pio on marriage

Padre Pio had a very special place in his heart for the large family.  He would say “matrimony is for children,” and as the Bible states, “Children are a gift of the Lord”(Ps. 126:3).[1]

The good hope he had for marriages was that their marriage would be “beautifully crowned with children,” in order to “populate the earth and paradise.”[2]

Padre Pio forcefully refused to accept anyone who of set purpose refused the begetting of children.  He refused them absolution.  One time he said to a person: “May the Lord’s vengeance not fall upon you.”  And he said to someone else: “When you married, God made the decision of how many children He ought to give you.”[3]

Some of the sins that upset Padre Pio the most were sins against motherhood; the limitation of families; sins against life; cursing; blasphemy; lying; calumny; and the scandal of dressing immodestly.[4]  Padre Pio didn’t want to deviate from traditional Catholic doctrine at all.[5]