'Catholic' St. Louis University removes statue of Apostle to the Rocky Mountains because liberals complained

Washingtontimes.com stated: "Saint Louis University has removed a statue depicting a prominent Jesuit missionary praying over two Native Americans following pressure from faculty and staff who complained it represented white supremacy. The statue featuring Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet stood in front of Fusz Hall for more than 60 years until its removal last Wednesday.  Its new home will be inside the private Catholic university’s art museum, a building just north of campus, The College Fix reported..." MHFM Comment: The Vatican II sect's institutions have become so compromised, wicked, and heretical that in many cases they cannot even bear to display Catholic things.  You can read some very interesting quotes from the life of Fr. De Smet (the 19th century missionary known as 'The Apostle to the Rocky Mountains') below.  They are from our book on the dogma Outside the Catholic Church There is No Salvation.

INTERESTING QUOTES FROM THE LIFE OF FR. DE SMET:

The great “Apostle to the Rocky Mountains,” Fr. Pierre De Smet, who was the extraordinary missionary to the American Indians in the 19^th century, was a witness (as were his fellow Jesuit missionaries) of many people coming to Baptism under miraculous circumstances.

Fr. De Smet, Dec. 18, 1839: “I have often remarked that many of the children seem to await baptism before winging their flight to heaven, for they die almost immediately after receiving the sacrament.” Fr. De Smet, Dec. 9, 1845: “… over a hundred children and eleven old people were baptized.  Many of the latter [the old people], who were carried on buffalo hides, seemed only to await this grace before going to rest in the bosom of God.”

Father Point, S.J. was a fellow Jesuit Missionary to the Indians with Fr. De Smet in the 19^th century.  He tells a very interesting story about the miraculous resuscitation for Baptism of a person who had been instructed in the Faith but apparently died without receiving the sacrament.

Father Point, S.J., quoted in The Life of Fr. De Smet, pp. 165-166: “One morning, upon leaving the church I met an Indian woman, who said: ‘So-and-so is not well.’  She [the person who was not well] was not yet a catechumen and I said I would go to see her.  An hour later the same person [who came and told him the person is not well], who was her sister, came to me saying she was dead.  I ran to the tent, hoping she might be mistaken, and found a crowd of relatives around the bed, repeating, ‘She is dead – she has not breathed for some time.’  To assure myself, I leaned over the body; there was no sign of life.  I reproved these excellent people for not telling me at once of the gravity of the situation, adding, ‘May God forgive me!’  Then, rather impatiently, I said, ‘Pray!’ and all fell on their knees and prayed devoutly. “I again leaned over the supposed corpse and said, ‘The Black Robe is here: do you wish him to baptize you?’  At the word baptism I saw a slight tremor of the lower lip; then both lips moved, making me certain that she understood.  She had already been instructed, so I at once baptized her, and she rose from her bier, making the sign of the cross.  Today she is out hunting and is fully persuaded that she died at the time I have recounted.”

Fr. Pierre De Smet was also convinced – with all the great Catholic missionaries before him – that all the Indians whom he did not reach with the Gospel and the true faith would be eternally lost.

Fr. De Smet, S.J., Jan. 26, 1838: “New priests are to be added to the Potawatomi Mission, and my Superior, Father Verhaegen gives me hope that I will be sent.  How happy I would be could I spend myself for the salvation of so many souls, who are lost because they have never known truth!” Fr. De Smet, S.J., Dec. 8, 1841: “My heart aches at the thought of so many souls left to perish for lack of priests to instruct them.” Fr. De Smet, S.J., Oct. 9, 1844: “What emotion at the sight of this vast country, where, for lack of missionaries, thousands of men are born, grow to manhood, and die in the darkness of infidelity!  But now through our efforts, the greater number, if not all, shall know the truth.”