"Countdown To Destruction"

Father Paul Leonard, B.Ph., S.T.B., M.Div.

In this brilliant piece of "literary polyphony', Father Paul Leonard

thrusts you on the top of the stage to "reality ".The only thing true
about Perestroika is that it is a lie ". The Christian is now confronted
with the either total dedication to promoting Our Lady's Full Fatima
Message or of the wholesale rejection of Jesus Christ by millions of
souls because of "sloppy indifference". If after reading this article you
are moved to do nothing then already you are victim to what Father
Paul Leonard warns you against!

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there
shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places: now all these are
the beginnings of sorrows."1
Our Blessed Lord spoke these words when His disciples asked Him, "Tell us
when shall these things be?"2 His disciples were inquiring of Him about the time
when the destruction of Jerusalem would take place. Jesus answered them
saying: "Take heed that no man seduce you, for many will come in My name
saying, I am Christ: and they will seduce many." We can already safely
comment on these words by saying that they have already been fulfilled. There
is no shortage of would-be christs walking the earth today: Mr. Moon, Brother
Julius, Maitreya ... their name is legion.
Our Lord then revealed another sign of the impending destruction of
Jerusalem3: "... you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye be not
troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet." We have
experienced two world wars and an incessant succession of lesser wars and
conflicts during this century. The Lord counsels us, "See that ye be not troubled,
for these things must come to pass."
After the upheavals and unrest in Eastern Europe during the spring of '89 led to
the political changes later in the year, the liberals declared that "peace had
broken out". In the Church, false hopes and wishful thinking have led many to
believe that the "period of peace" promised by Our Lady of Fatima was at hand.
The promoters of Ostpolitik and the Vatican-Moscow Agreement have
striven mightily to foist such a conviction on the faithful. They have not
understood: "none of the wicked shall understand, but the learned shall
understand."4

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The fulfillment of the eschatological prophecies of scripture is a very clear

indication that we are entering that period of history that sacred scripture calls
"the great tribulation." War, famine, pestilence, earthquakes and persecution of
the Church, false christs and the apostasy of many are the indicators that Jesus
provides for us in the Gospel which presage the impending tribulation.
They deceive themselves who interpret the signs of the times so as to believe
that peace is at hand. Our Lord already interpreted these signs for us when He
said: "Now all these things are the beginnings of sorrows." 5
Our Lord sent His Mother to Fatima to remind us of these things, and to provide
us with the remedies to mitigate and postpone them. Her warning has not been
heeded. Her requests have not been fulfilled. A considerable minority of the
faithful have done their part to fulfill Our Lady's requests, but organized
opposition to Her Message in the ranks of the upper hierarchy have prevented
the Pope and the bishops from carrying out the requested consecration of
Russia.
God promised that the conversion of Russia and world peace would be brought
about by means of this consecration, but the pastors of the Church have chosen
not to heed, and now they must face the consequences for their lack of
obedience to God's command. The seer of Fatima, Sister Lucia, warned "Our
Lady said that Russia will be the instrument of Chastisement chosen by Heaven
to punish the whole world if we do not beforehand obtain the conversion of that
poor nation."
It is the perception of many that Russia has ceased to be a threat to world
peace, since the new messiah, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, has preached the good
tidings of glasnost and perestroika. Now it is said that we are entering a
period of international brotherhood and cooperation, and that the super powers
have become "super partners" in an endeavor to bring about a New World Order
that will ensure peace, prosperity and brotherhood among nations.
This Freemasonic utopian dream is an illusion, a Tower of Babel that God will
not allow to reach completion. The godless New Order, a One World Government
that is to be brought into being through a merger of the United States and the
Soviet Union will not become a fully accomplished reality "Unless the Lord
build the house, they labor in vain who build it."6
Communist Russia's Master Plan Unveiled
The Liberal Eastern Establishment and the International Financiers labor to erect
the New International Order. The Freemasons have been preparing this New
Order for centuries. George Bush has declared that the New World Order is at
hand, but there are still plenty of muted but nevertheless clear signals from

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Russia which indicate that the Bolshevists intend to establish their own brand of
World Order according to the doctrines of Marx and Lenin.
Mikhail S. Gorbachev is entirely committed to this plan. In a public speech on
the occasion of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Communist Revolution in
Russia on Nov. 7, 1987, Gorby stated: "We are moving toward a new world, the
world of Communism. We will never turn off of that road."
The Communists of Russia have prepared a master plan to bring about the new
world of Communism. It is a master plan for world conquest. It is based on
Lenin's plan for encirclement. Lenin outlined this plan when he said, "First we
will take Eastern Europe, then the masses of Asia. Then we will encircle the
United States, which will be the last bastion of Capitalism ..."
In order to carry out Lenin's plan, the Soviets must first disarm the West. Back
in the 1930's, Dimitri Manuilski, of the Lenin School for Political Warfare,
explained how this would be accomplished when he wrote: "War to the hilt
between Communism and Capitalism is inevitable. Today we are too weak to
strike. Our day will come in 30 to 40 years. But first we must lull the capitalist
nations to sleep with the greatest overtures of peace and disarmament known
throughout history, and then when their guard is dropped, we shall smash them
with our clenched fist."
Brezhnev's policy of detente contributed to the implementation of Lenin's plan.
He revealed the real objectives of his policy of detente when he spoke to a
group of influential Communist Party leaders in 1973 saying: "Trust us
comrades, for by 1985, as a consequence of what we are now achieving with
detente, we will have achieved most of our objectives in Western Europe. We
will have consolidated our position ... And a decisive shift in the correlation of
forces will be such that come 1985, we will be able to exert our will wherever
we need to ..."7
In 1973, Brezhnev also set forth the Soviet objectives in the Persian Gulf, when
he said, "Our aim is to gain control of the two great treasure houses on which
the West depends: The energy treasure house of the Persian Gulf and the
mineral treasure house of central and southern Africa."8
1990 Iraq Invasion Part of Soviet Plan

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"The devil is in the mood for

engaging in a decisive battle
against the Blessed Virgin."
... Sister Lucy
This painting was made by one
of the Fatima Crusader
supporters. It rightly shows the
Seven Headed Beast of the
Apocalypse facing Our Lady of
Fatima Who is our only hope.
Russia is really behind Iraq and
our other enemies. You must do
your part to ensure Our Lady's
Victory Plan is put into effect
Now pray and Petition and
support in every way the proper
consecration of Russia to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary. Write
us at The Fatima Crusader for
your free petition kit.
Last August 2, 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded and then conquered the tiny
sheikdom of Kuwait. "The Soviets", says Donald McAlvany, "appear to be very
innocent bystanders in the present crisis, but ... they have been the major pot
stirrer in the region for over a decade, and have their own grand design for
control of the Persian Gulf oil fields towards the latter part of this decade." 9
There has been a massive Soviet arms buildup in the Gulf region. There are "14
Soviet air bases in Libya which house 565 Soviet warplanes more aircraft
than in the air forces of England, West Germany or France. The Soviets have
placed 16,000 tanks and armored vehicles in Libya larger than the armed
forces of England, France and West Germany combined ... The Soviets have
placed $21 billion in weapons in Syria, over $20 billion in weapons in Iraq, over
$20 billion in arms in Afghanistan, and additional billions in Yemen." 10 McAlvany
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points out that "with Soviet arms come trainers, advisors, the KGB (the Russian
Communist Secret Police) and GRU (Red Army's Intelligence Arm), all of whom
can be found in varying numbers in each of these Arab states." 11
The Soviets have eight military facilities in Iraq.12 In 1979, Saddam Hussein and
Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov signed an agreement on military cooperation
and strategic consultation.13 Senator Bill Richardson (R-CA) explained to Donald
McAlvany "that there is little doubt that the Soviets were apprised of the
invasion before it happened, helped plan it and approved of it. There is no way
Communist puppet Saddam Hussein would have given the orders to invade
Kuwait if it were not sanctioned by Gorbachev."14 (See also Editor's Note A.)
One must bear in mind that the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was prepared long in
advance. According to the U.P.I. report of Sept. 24, 1990, Iraqi forces
conducted secret exercises for at least two years before the attack on Kuwait,
and Saddam Hussein drew up the plan as early as 1986. The report went on to
explain that according to recently gathered intelligence, the Iraqi invasion of
Kuwait was "the product of a long-planned operation aimed at winning control of
half the world's oil supply." It is certainly no random coincidence that the Iraqi
conquest of Kuwait aims to secure precisely the same objective that was set
forth by Mr. Brezhnev in 1973. The Iraqi-Soviet treaty for military cooperation
and strategic consultation has obviously borne fruit for the Soviets and may
soon secure the objective stated by Mr. Brezhnev 17 years ago. (See also
Editor's Note B.)
Communist Lying Deception Is Demonstrated By Their Actions
The Soviet "condemnation" of Iraq is nothing but a deceptive ploy whose
purpose is to deceive the West and conceal the Soviet objectives that will be
achieved by the Iraqi aggression in Kuwait. That the Iraqis are acting as Soviet
surrogates in Kuwait is plainly demonstrated by the fact that even today there
are still 500 to 1000 Soviet military advisors in Iraq15, and there are 1200 Iraqi
military personnel presently being trained by Soviet specialists in Odessa. 16
The Soviet-inspired Iraqi aggression in Kuwait and the political violence and
terrorism of the KGB-directed African National Congress (ANC)17 clearly
manifest that the Soviet Union has not backed down from its criminal designs to
conquer the West and establish a worldwide Soviet Communist dictatorship. Let
us not forget that the stated aim of Soviet-inspired aggression by Iraq in
Kuwait, and by KGB-led terrorist forces in Southern Africa, is to deprive the
West of the treasure houses upon which its military defense depends.
When Soviet officials told Americans, "We have deprived you of an enemy", they
failed to mention that they, our new "partners", still have a massive number of
nuclear weapons pointed at us. In the preface of the 111-page annual
report, Soviet Military Power, Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney said: "The
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military might of the Soviet Union is enormous and remains targeted on the
United States and our allies."
The KGB agent, George Habash, told Ted Koppel on a major USA TV Network on
September 26, 1990, that the United States is the occupying enemy and the
invader in the Middle East not Saddam Hussein. Dr. Habash, the leader of the
KGB-financed and directed Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine says that Iraq must be defended against the American invaders. This
is the real Soviet foreign policy, and not the friendly words of Mr. Shevardnadze
and Mr. Gorbachev.
If the Palestinian and Arab militants unleash a campaign of terror against
American and Western targets we will know what sort of a treacherous "partner"
the Soviet Union can be, since it has been demonstrated by Clair Sterling in her
book, The Terror Network that Palestinian and Arab terrorist organizations are
directed and financed by the KGB, and therefore a terror campaign directed
against the United States by these groups can only take place at the instigation
and directive of Moscow.
Gorbachev Will Soon Take Over All of Europe
The Soviets built 11 times more ICBM's last year than the U.S. did while they
promote "peace" and perestroika. Donald McAlvany reports that "BBC
television in London recently carried a documentary contending that the socalled 'popular revolutions' in Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Rumania eight
months ago were actually Gorbachev plots (via the KGB and the three countries'
intelligence services) to bring down those communist leaders not supporting
Gorby's glasnost ...". This information did not surprise me in the least when I
first read it, because I already learned from an underground source several
months ago that The instigators of the Romanian revolution were in fact Mr.
Gorbachev and the KGB.
The old hardline policies of the Communist Eastern European buffer states were
an obstacle for Mr. Gorbachev's more ambitious designs for a Soviet-dominated
united Europe. The new democracies of Eastern Europe will crumble in an
instant just as soon as the cue is given to the Communists, who still occupy key
positions in the army, secret police and the prisons. That is not only true in
Eastern Europe, but even in some of the western European countries. 18
It must not be forgotten that the INF Treaty has already sealed the fate of
Europe. As a result of that treaty, the Soviets now have a massive superiority
over Western Europe. No European missile can reach Russia, but Russia has a
multitude of missiles that can reach Europe. The future of Europe is in the
hands of Moscow.

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Europe is moving away from the post war balance of power between the NATOEEC bloc and the Warsaw Pact-Comecon bloc. Gorbachev is promoting the
dissolution of the blocs and the re-ordering of Europe into one united unit. A
united and neutral Europe will be a conglomeration of small states dominated by
the Soviet giant. With its vast resources, population and arms, the Soviet Union
will easily be the master of all Europe. It does not surprise me to hear that the
new slogan in Russia is "to rule from Siberia to Iberia".19

"War to the hilt between

Communism and Capitalism is
inevitable."
Dimitri Manuilski

"We are moving toward a

new world, the world of
Communism. We will never
turn off of that road."
Mikhail S. Gorbachev

The Quito, 1634 Prophecy of Our Lady of Good Fortune. 20

... at the end of the 19th Century and for a large part of the 20th,
various heresies will flourish on this earth which will have become a free
republic.21 The precious light of the Faith will go out in souls because of
the almost total moral corruption: in those times there will be great physical
and moral calamities, in private and in public ... there will come moments when
everything seems lost and paralyzed, and just then comes the happy beginning
of the complete restoration.
... having gained control of all the social classes, the sects will tend to
penetrate with great skill into the heart of families to destroy even the
children ... The innocence of childhood will almost disappear. Thus priestly
vocations will be lost, it will be a real disaster. Priests will abandon
their sacred duties and will depart from the path marked out for them
by God. Then the Church will go through a dark night for lack of a Prelate
and father to watch over it with love, gentleness, strength and prudence,
and numbers of priests will lose the spirit of God, thus placing their souls
in great danger.
... And to scatter these black clouds blocking the brilliant dawning of the
freedom of the Church, there will be a terrible war in which the blood of
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priests and of religious will flow ... that night will be so horrible that
wickedness will seem triumphant. Then will come my time: in astounding
fashion I shall destroy satan's pride, casting him beneath my feet, chaining him
up in the depths of Hell, leaving Church and country freed at last from his cruel
tyranny.
Conclusion
The signs of the times and the infallible words of Jesus Christ recorded in
Sacred Scripture reveal that the present generation is not heading toward a
global utopia of world peace and universal prosperity. There will not be the
peaceful global village of the One Worlders, and there will not be the
Communist workers' paradise where it would be "from each according to his
abilities; to each according to his needs."
What there will be will be the pouring out of the wrath of God upon all the
inhabitants of the earth.22 The Gospels and the Epistles of the New Testament,
and the Prophets of the Old Testament unanimously point to the period of
history that we are now entering the great tribulation.
We are now at the "beginnings of sorrows". Only a few months ago there was
nothing but enthusiasm and talk on all continents about "a new era of peace." It
must not be forgotten that "the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the
night ...", and "when they shall say peace and security; then shall sudden
destruction come upon them ..."23
Cardinal Ratzinger, who has read the Third Secret of Fatima, has divulged the
fact that the Secret concerns the events of the end times.24 The prophet Daniel
forecasts a cataclysmic clashing of arms between the great powers of the East
and the West in the end times. While the changes that encouraged peace-loving
people throughout the world were taking place in Eastern Europe, the Blessed
Virgin Mary appeared to a privileged soul and said that the world of our present
generation has now entered the "countdown to destruction". 25
The armies of the nations are gathering in Saudi Arabia. Even if the impending
Middle East conflict does not escalate into a world war, its effect will be a further
destabilization of an already fragile balance of power in a very volatile region.
Such a situation might easily set the stage for tension and hostilities between
the superpowers in the near future. If that happens, and if the Pope and the
Bishops do not soon consecrate Russia, then the Middle East might soon be
renamed Armageddon.
FOOTNOTES:
1.

Matt. 24:7.

2.

Ibid. v.3.

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3.

Our Lord was not referring principally to the destruction of 70 A.D. but to the
destruction of Jerusalem in the end times. He said that there would not remain a
"stone upon stone", but in the destruction of 70 A.D., stone was left upon stone. Jesus
warned that Jerusalem will again be destroyed when the apocalyptic signs that He
foretold will have taken place. Then Palestine will be utterly devastated, as Daniel
foretold (11:41), and Jerusalem will be wiped off the face of the earth.

4.

Daniel 12:10.

5.

Matt. 24:8.

6.

Psalm 126:1.

7.

See Our Globe Under Siege III, by Dr. Robert Morris, page 182.

8.

McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, August, 1990, p. l. See "Communist Russia Behind

Iraqi Invasion" in this issue of The Fatima Crusader.

9.

McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, August, 1990, p.2. See "Communist Russia Behind
Iraqi Invasion" in this issue of The Fatima Crusader.

10. Ibid. p.3. See "Communist Russia Behind Iraqi Invasion" in this issue of The
Fatima Crusader.
11. Ibid. p.3. See "Communist Russia Behind Iraqi Invasion" in this issue of The
Fatima Crusader.
12. Ibid. p.6. This is reported by the Geo-political expert and former intelligence officer Dr.
Robert Morris in his 1987 book, Our Globe Under Siege III.
13. Ibid. p.6.
14. Donald McAlvany; McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, August, 1990, p. 6.
See "Communist Russia Behind Iraqi Invasion" in this issue of The Fatima
Crusader.
EDITOR'S NOTE A: See article "In Iraq: How Gorbachev is Following the
Example of Stalin" showing how Stalin similarly helped Hitler. Gorby is following
Stalin's example.
EDITOR'S NOTE B: Already Soviet Russia is reaping the benefit with
approximately $10.00 per Barrel of Oil increase causing Soviet Russia to be
one of the chief beneficiaries since they get billions of dollars more due to sales
of oil to other countries.
15. U.P.I. report, September 25, 1990.
16. The report of Iraqi personnel in Odessa has originated from secret sources in the
Soviet Union. This situation is reminiscent of the time that Stalin authorized the illegal
training of German fighter pilots in the Soviet Union shortly after Stalin and Hitler had
signed their non-aggression pact.
17. The military-terrorist operations of the ANC in South Africa are directed by the Soviet
Lithuanian KGB Colonel, Joe Slovo.
18. I recall a private conversation between a high ranking Italian Communists official and
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an acquaintance of mine, in which the Communist indiscreetly revealed that the

Communist held the key positions in the police and the military of Italy, and that they
could take over the country at whatever moment they wished. Their only concern was
not to make a premature revolution that might backfire on them as was the case in the
1974 revolution in Portugal.
19. McAlvany Intelligence Advisor; August 1990, p. 14.
20. In the apparition of Our Lady of Good Fortune, which took place on February 2, 1634,
the Mother of God spoke these words to Mother Mary Anne of Jesus Torres. This is an
approved apparition, and a large Church in Quito was built in honor of the apparition.
21. "free republic" These words were spoken long before the term "liberal
democracy" and "secular republic" were coined, but the context seems to clearly
suggest them. The liberal republic is a godless republic because it is a secular state
that does not recognize the law of God.
22. Apoc. 8:13.
23. 1 Thess. 5:3.
24. Jesus Magazine November 1984 reports the famous interview of Cardinal Ratzinger
by Vittorio Messori.
25. That person is a professed religious who is highly esteemed by certain Vatican officials
whom I have known for many years. I am not at liberty to reveal that person's identity.

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