Msg Base:  AREA 5  - ASK FATHER            CIN ECHO   AMDG
  Msg No: 223.  Mon  1-06-92 20:23  (NO KILL)  (MAILED)
    From: Father Mateo
      To: Ron Rosmer
 Subject: Fatima Crusader

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| I am interested in getting your opinion of a Fr. Nicholas
| Gruner and his ministry of spreading the Fatima message.  As
| you may know, Fr. Gruner publishes a magazine called "The
| Fatima Crusader" and also hosts a number of radio and TV
| programs.
|  
| Over the last few years I have received THE FATIMA CRUSADER
| and have also listened to a number of the radio programs of
| Fr. Gruner's.  Upon reflecting on his message and comparing
| it to happenings in the world, including various Apparitions
| and Inner Locutions (eg. Medjugorje, Fr. Stefano Gobbi, etc.)
| I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that Fr. Gruner is
| something of a right wing radical.  While I am sure he is
| sincere, more and more I am getting the impression that he
| and his movement are sincerely wrong when it comes to his
| interpretation and implementation of the Gospel.  For
| example, Fr. Gruner seems to be obsessed with the notion that
| the Pope must consecrate Russia to Mary's Immaculate Heart
| before the conversion of Russia can take place, and that this
| has not been done properly as yet.  Consequently, in Fr.
| Gruner's view, the changes we are witnessing in the USSR now
| are merely a Communist con game meant to seduce the West into
| thinking that Russia is truly converted.
|  
| Is this Fr. Gruner on the level or has he gone 'over the
| edge'?
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Dear Ron,
 
I do not know of Father Gruner, nor his magazine.  If some passage
particularly bothers you, send me a message with a quote - a short
quote, please - and I'll attempt a comment.
 
I am suspicious of anyone who tries in public to tell the Pope how to
do his job.  I would think the Pope is the best judge of the proper way
to go about praying for Russia.
 
If Father Gruner thinks the collapse of Soviet Communism is a ruse to
seduce the West into thinking that Russia is truly converted, he might
read Matthew 12: 24-28.
 
                                Sincerely in Christ,
 
                                Father Mateo