“No; you will forget it”

Among the many people who came to see Padre Pio was Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre who , later clinging stubbornly to Catholic Tradition, as he called it, questioned the authority of Vatican II and was removed from office by Pope Paul VI. He had a meeting with Padre Pio who looked at Lefebvre sternly and said “Never cause discord among your brothers and always practice the tule of obedience, above all when it seems to you that the errors of those in authority are all the more serious. There is no other road than that of obedience for those of us who have made this vow”

Lefebvre responded to Padre Pio with “I will remember that Father” Padre Pio looked at him intensely and seeing what would soon happen said “no !You will forget it !You will tear apart the community of the faithful, oppose the will of your superiors and even go against the orders of the Pope himself and this will happen quite soon. You will forget the promise you made here today,,a dn the whole church will be hurt by you. Don’t set yourself up as a judge. Don’t take powers that don’t belong to you and do not consider yourself as the voice of God’s people, as God already speaks to them. Do not sow discord and dissension. However I know this is what you will do”