Cardinal Burke Calls for Consecration of Russia
At press time this week, our friends at LifeSiteNews reported on the stunning development that here in the month of May and in the 100th anniversary year of Our Lady’s apparitions in Fatima, Cardinal Raymond Burke issued a call for the Catholic faithful to "work for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary." Cardinal Burke, who is one of the four Cardinals who have asked Pope Francis for a clarification of Amoris Laetitia, made his appeal at the Rome Life Forum.
In a comprehensive address on "The Secret of Fatima and a New Evangelization," Cardinal Burke, in the presence of fellow dubia Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, outspoken Kazakhstan Bishop Athanasius Schneider and over 100 life and family leaders from 20 nations, said that the triumph of the Immaculate Heart would mean much more than the ending of world wars, and the physical calamities that Our Lady of Fatima predicted. "As horrible as are the physical chastisements associated with man’s disobedient rebellion before God, infinitely more horrible are the spiritual chastisements for they have to do with the fruit of grievous sin: eternal death," he said.
He expressed agreement with one of the foremost Fatima scholars, Frère Michel de la Sainte Trinité, who said that the promised triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary undoubtedly refers firstly to "the victory of the Faith, which will put an end to the time of apostasy, and the great shortcomings of the Church’s pastors."
The call for the consecration of Russia is for some controversial, but Cardinal Burke addressed the reasons for his
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appeal simply and straightforwardly. "In fact, the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary did not take place, as she requested," he said.
"Certainly, Pope Saint John Paul II consecrated the world, including Russia, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25, 1984," said Cardinal Burke.
"But, today, once again, we hear the call of Our Lady of Fatima to consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart, in accord with her explicit instruction."
The report can be read in its entirety at LifeSiteNews.com and in article entitled, "BREAKING: Cardinal Burke calls for Consecration of Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
REMNANT EDITOR’S COMMENT:
So after all of these years, "crazy" old Father Nicholas Gruner (RIP) is proven to have been right all along. How about that!
God bless Cardinal Burke!