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"I guess this refutes ST MALACHYS prediction of an OLIVE Pope"

Not necessarily. See his quote about himself:

=a simple and humble worker in the Lord’s vineyard”, there was no false modesty"

He's working amongst OLIVE trees in the Lord's vineyard. A bit of s stretch, but one could make it work.


15 posted on 04/19/2005 3:46:38 PM PDT by flaglady47
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To: flaglady47; ballplayer

He chose the name Benedict XVI because of his great respect for St. Benedict, founder of the Benedictine order of monasteries. This is the order known as the olivets, because they grow olives for their oil. He said he felt that Benedict had preserved the Church through the dark ages. I think that the Benedictine order will have a great deal of influence during his Papacy. Thus the glory of the olive.


20 posted on 04/19/2005 4:44:50 PM PDT by Excuse_Me (How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws and kings can cause or cure. --S.J.)
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