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Permissive Prelate & Behind Nostra Aetate
Fr. DePauw, a Giant
Thank you very much. I saw the posting on my observations and it brought me to tears.
Regarding the person I had responded to, what kind of person - particularly a priest (I assume, since he says he went to seminary) - writes an article making detraction against someone who's been dead 20 years? (And, who happens to have been a giant of a man - like him or no.)
Maybe the writer was so bored he slept through Fr. DePauw's seminary class on charity?
Also, although I couldn't prove it - so I didn't write it - I question whether this person actually had Fr. DePauw for a "professor at the seminary in the mid 60's." I believe that by "the mid 60's" Fr. DePauw was out of the seminary and was working on launching the Catholic Traditionalist Movement: I know he resigned his position as seminary Dean in 1963 over a dispute with his Archbishop, who, at the time, had ordered him not to obey Pope John's decree Veterum Sapientia: you can hear Fr. DePauw explaining this episode in a 1967 speech of his, given in Chicago, which is available on-line.
So, even if Fr. was still teaching any classes at the seminary by "the mid 60's," by then he had been under fire by his Archbishop for a number of years - no reason to seem 'full of joy' at the time - not to mention that "by the mid '60's" destruction of the Church had gotten underway and was already in full swing.
Thank you for your good work. I follow your site because Fr. DePauw had recommended it to his 'flock.'
Gratefully,
E.B.
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Permissive Prelate
Ave Maria Purissima!
The photograph of the Archbishop in Papua New Guinea, in close proximity to a semi-naked native woman infuriated me. When is the progressivist Church going to realize that pandering to native people is not the same as true conversion. Missionaries do not go to foreign lands to learn from the natives. They go to convert them and to immerse them in Catholic Civilization.
Two of my sisters were missionary Sisters and the first thing they did in Africa was to cover the natives and train them in modesty. They had to train them in punctuality, in good habits of industry and in the proper relationships between men and women, in other words separate the sexes, to prevent fornication, and train the natives in chastity and purity.
The move from savagery to civilization cannot be fully accomplished in one or two generations, but if there is a good foundation, the possibility of bringing lasting civilization to such peoples is greatly enhanced. The current Novus Ordo pandering to natives and their customs will achieve no good results.
God bless you all at TIA.
Yours faithfully
C.P., Ireland
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Who Inspired Nostra Aetate?
Pax Christi!
Please bear in mind the following before reading the article attached to the link below.
Nostra aetate (“In Our Age”) is one of "the most influential documents of Vatican II."
It "redefined" the Church’s approach to non Christian religions, in a manner that was not professed or practiced by the Church since Apostolic times. Vatican II's "radical" reinterpretation of "the Church’s approach to non Christian religions" is precisely what caused the "diabolical disorientation" we see in the Church today as it continues to "teach, embrace & support" the idea that "all religions are pathways to God, and a means of Salvation," notwithstanding the promulgation of "interreligious dialogue," which many popes had "condemned," prior to Vatican II.
That said, I invite you to read a well-documented article by Jacob Minyard on how Fr. Felix Morlion covertly laid the groundwork for Nostra Aetate.
Yours in Christ!
Larry Welch
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St. Michael Forgotten Prayers
I know that it is late but I wanted to share with you a couple of prayers that are rather old and have also been propagated by the Faithful. One of these prayers that I am attaching is a prayer that a young US Marine was taught by his mother as a little boy, and then he taught to it his fellow troops in the Korean War.
That story is well known by many of the Marines drill sergeants in boot camp.
Anyway sorry for the delay and scratch paper it was written on but thought maybe you would want to share these prayers with your readers.
“O St. Michael,
With your light enlighten us,
With your wings protect us,
With your sword defend us.
St. Michael Morning Prayer
Michael, Michael of the morning,
Fresh chord of Heaven adorning,
Keep me safe today
And in time of temptation drive the devil away.
Amen.
God Bless You for all your work.
Sincerely,
S.D.
Posted October 8, 2026
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Inspired by the article The Californian LIturgical Year, my sons and I celebrated the feast of St Francis with me telling them about his life. We went to the statue I have of him on our front porch and we prayed for protection for us and California. We mentioned the mission and city named after him. I brought out our mission bell and we rang it for protection. It was very touching and my sons were very happy. One of the boys remembered the story of the Wolf of Gubbio and so I retold it. I hope others will start to follow this kind of California tradition to honor our rich mission history.
I really enjoyed your Pilgrimage page, but had some difficulty finding it. Maybe you can put a link to Pilgrimages on your Main page or Religious Page. It is kind of lost in that grand space of articles TIA has right now. What a rich collection of history, polemics, stories, songs, culture, etc. Really overwhelming!
Keep up your good work.
B.N.