"St. Malachy, an Irish Catholic bishop, was known as a gifted prophet, even predicting the date of his own death in 1148."
I understand that Curt Cobain also predicted the date of his own death, as did Hunter Thompson. Both of them were obviously prophets.
In recent years people have made much hay over the conclusion of a Mayan calendar, as well as this long list of Popes. Isn't it just as reasonable to conclude that whoever made up the lists may have simply gotten tired and decided to call it a day after writing up to the year 2012, or figured 112 was a good stopping point before supper, then cast the project aside? lol