Saint Padre Pio with visible stigmata wounds
I came across Frank Rega’s blog where he contrasts Saint Padre Pio’s advice of the number of children a family should have with Pope Francis’ recent advice (?) to follow the “experts” rule of three and not to tempt God by having too many and foolishly trusting in His providence. Frank Rega is a good source for Padre Pio information, among other things related to the Faith.
From The Shield of Faith blog:
Padre Pio: 8 children ideal; Pope Francis: Irresponsible!
Padre Pio’s blessing on newlyweds: “May you have eight children!”
Pope Francis: “. . . like rabbits. No. Responsible parenthood!”“After the death of his wife, Padre Pio’s brother Michele moved to San Giovanni with his daughter Pia, who, in a ceremony attended by many American servicemen, was married in May 1945, with her uncle [St. Pio] officiating, to Mario Pennelli, a teacher. Pia and Mario were to raise a family of eight children, which Padre Pio considered the ideal size for a family. A spiritual son recalled that Pio usually told newlywed couples, “May you have eight children!”Source: Rev Bernard Ruffin, Padre Pio: The True Story, Our Sunday Visitor Press, p. 270.
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EX MAGNA SILENTIUM or EX MAGNO SILENTIO 
We faithful Catholics are now officially self-absorbed Promethean Neopelagian rabbits!
We have had terrible popes in our history. We’ll survive this one.
All of you loving, generous couples, thank you for being open to life and for courageously countering this satanic, selfish culture of death. God bless you and your children, who are our future.
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And may God bless you too. BTW, you’ve been in my prayers!
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Many thanks from the heart!
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From one officially self-absorbed Promethean Neopelagian rabbit to another . . .!
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I prefer Saint Padre Pios advice .
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It is jarring how contradictory of Saints and the Magisterium our Pope is, over and over and over again.
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