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Saint's Prophecy: Only Two Popes Remain
newsmax ^ | 4/3/05 | newsmax

Posted on 04/03/2005 4:19:28 PM PDT by paltz

When the cardinals of the world pick John Paul II's successor, they may well be choosing the next-to-last pope.

The pope who then follows this choice in the Chair of St. Peter will be the last pope, and after his reign Rome will be destroyed.

Such has been the prophecy of St. Malachy, an Irish bishop who at his death in 1148 A.D. was discovered to have left behind a prophetic list of all future popes beginning with Pope Celestine II, whose papacy began in 1143 A.D.

Malachy included a single line in Latin identifying a characteristic of each pope.

Historians say Malachy's prediction – wherein he listed just 112 popes – has been amazingly accurate.

According to his list, there are just two more popes after the late John Paul II.

Here are the seven last popes as identified from St. Malachy's list:

106. Pius XII 1939 - 1958
Eugenio Pacelli

Pastor Angelicus

Translated: An Angelic Shepherd

107. John XXIII 1968 - 1963
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli

Pastor Et Natua

Translated: Pastor and Mariner

108. Paul VI 1963 - 1978
Giovanni Battista Montini

Flos Florum

Translated: Flower of Flowers

109. John Paul I 1978 - 1978
Albino Luciani

De Medietate Lunae

Translated: Of the Half Moon

110. John Paul II 1978 - 2005

Karol Jozef Wojtyla

De Labore Solis

Translated: From the Toil of the Sun

111. The next pope
"Gloria Olivae"

Translated: The Glory of the Olive

112. The last pope!
"Petrus Romanus"

Translated: Peter the Roman

Wrote St. Malachy of the last pope: "In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge the people. The End."

According to his biographer St. Bernard of Clairvaux, in his book "Life of Saint Malachy," the saint was known to have the gift of prophesy and had even predicted the exact day and hour of his own death. Saint Malachy was canonized in 1190 by Pope Clement III.

While in Rome in 1139, Saint Malachy is said to have gone into a trance and received a vision in which he foresaw all the popes from the death of Innocent II until the end of time.

Afterward he wrote a few words about each pope and gave the manuscript to Pope Innocent II, who is said to have deposited it in Vatican Archives, where it lay forgotten until it was discovered in 1590 and published. At the time, some questioned its authenticity and it has been the subject of debate ever since.

The manuscript contains 112 prophecies, which scholars have matched with each of the 110 popes and anti-popes since Innocent II .

Here are the prophecies for the most recent popes:



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To: paltz
If you enjoyed that, you might find this interesting: The future of the Papacy by Samuel Bacchiochi. Start on about page 7 for the actual article to bypass some of the other stuff. It's a PDF format.
101 posted on 04/03/2005 6:51:13 PM PDT by Spyder (I'm in the WPPFF)
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To: tuckunderbreak
Every-wun-ah knew-uh datta Malachy hadda da problem when-uh it-ah came-uh to da drinkin....

Mebbe so...but could he find da Pope in da pizza?

102 posted on 04/03/2005 6:52:01 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Information is power and power is nothing without control.)
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To: sinkspur

"Is FR turning into conspiracy central?"


Um....yes. Unfortunately.


103 posted on 04/03/2005 6:52:42 PM PDT by bonfire
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To: catonsville

He said some mystics were going to travel to heal the Pope. I guess they must have gotten delayed at customs and immigration.


104 posted on 04/03/2005 6:53:00 PM PDT by Enterprise (Abortion and "euthanasia" - the twin destroyers of the Democrat Party.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Did Malachy say that peter the roman comes immediatley after the Glory of the Olives?


105 posted on 04/03/2005 6:53:04 PM PDT by el_doctor2
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To: Geezerette; -=Wing_0_Walker=-
The Mayan calendar also forecasts 2012, but I didn't get the month and day.

Is it true they predicted the cause of the earth's destruction would be by "movement", ie., earthquakes?

106 posted on 04/03/2005 6:53:14 PM PDT by Clock King
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To: paltz

The bible says to believe in God, not false prophets.


107 posted on 04/03/2005 6:53:51 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
The Catholic Church, let me assure you, does not buy into this stuff.

I'm getting the idea from this thread that it's mostly the end-timers from Protestantism that are fueling this.

108 posted on 04/03/2005 6:56:03 PM PDT by sinkspur (Be not afraid. Be not afraid.)
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To: sinkspur
There is when otherwise intelligent people believe it just because it's got a saint's name tacked to it.

Folks are just speculating about the story of this Prophecy

It won't bring the end of the world

Heck, I don't know when the end will come .. for all I know, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow and miss it .. won't know till it happens though

Till then, I'll just take my mothers advice and make sure my bags are packed and in order

109 posted on 04/03/2005 6:57:01 PM PDT by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it" ~ Pope John Paul II)
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To: Luddite Patent Counsel

Very funny!


110 posted on 04/03/2005 6:58:08 PM PDT by Askel5 († Theresa Marie Schindler, Martyr for the Gospel of Life, pray for us †)
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To: John Lenin

The question is does this prophecy take into account the years when there were two Popes, one in Rome and one in France. That went on for quite awhile.


111 posted on 04/03/2005 6:58:46 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Clara Lou

I thought you were talking about Malachy.


112 posted on 04/03/2005 7:01:12 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: Diddle E. Squat

And did not Jesus say that he knew not the "day or the hour", that was only known by the Heavenly Father? That means it could be tomorrow, or the Lord could tarry for a few more hundred years. Either way, be ready.


113 posted on 04/03/2005 7:03:39 PM PDT by Fred Hayek
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To: lasereye

I'm sorry if my statement wasn't clear. =/


114 posted on 04/03/2005 7:06:49 PM PDT by Clara Lou (I'm not pro-death, I'm anti-hysteria.)
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To: Spyder

Good read,thanks


115 posted on 04/03/2005 7:08:18 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Don't Forget to check out Bea Arthur in the "Menopause Monologues"  coming on NBC this fall)
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To: anniegetyourgun
I think I'll stick with the Word of God.

As for me and mine, we will stand with you on this matter.

God Bless.

116 posted on 04/03/2005 7:08:25 PM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon (Redneck from a red city, in a red county, in a red state, and a former Army Red Leg.)
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To: Mo1

perhaps the next Pope will be a Benedictine..http://www.waytuscany.net/rooten/turismo_religioso_566.htm


118 posted on 04/03/2005 7:10:40 PM PDT by mo
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To: sinkspur

Yep, I bet you are correct.


119 posted on 04/03/2005 7:10:54 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: OKSooner

Ping.


120 posted on 04/03/2005 7:12:23 PM PDT by Honeybunch
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