The silence of 400 years on the part of so many learned authors who had written about the popes, and the silence of St. Bernard especially, who wrote the "Life of St. Malachy", is a strong argument against their authenticity, but it is not conclusive if we adopt Cucherat's theory that they were hidden in the Archives during those 400 years.
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The last of these prophecies concerns the end of the world and is as follows: "In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations, after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. The End." It has been noticed concerning Petrus Romanus, who according to St. Malachy's list is to be the last pope, that the prophecy does not say that no popes will intervene between him and his predecessor designated Gloria olivæ. It merely says that he is to be the last, so that we may suppose as many popes as we please before "Peter the Roman". Cornelius a Lapide refers to this prophecy in his commentary "On the Gospel of St. John" (C. xvi) and "On the Apocalypse" (cc. xvii-xx), and he endeavours to calculate according to it the remaining years of time.
well the cardinal who is the vatican secretary of state is from italy and his name is Pietro.
Didn’t Nostradamus have a few things to say about the Papacy as well?
I seem to recall reading where he predicted the last Pope would be a “Black Red” or a Black Cardinal.
Here’s an interesting diatribe on the various Papal prophecies for anyone who wants to slog through it:
http://www.holocaustrevealed.org/english/s/P288.html
Catholics aren’t going to like that article much, as aside from the prophecies it blames the RCC as well as Lutherans for much of the Holocaust. Controversial theory at best, eh?
Are we seeing somewhat of a prophetic convergence here?