Historians say Malachy's prediction – wherein he listed just 112 popes – has been amazingly accurate.I was reading on this issue the other day after I heard that the Pope had died and I ran across this...
IS THE NEXT POPE, THE LAST POPE?His prophecy contained a motto for 111 Popes starting with Celestine II (1143).Snip...
Note: As stated earlier the original prophecies of Malachy did not contain the Petrus Romanus motto - it was added after the 1820 publication of the prophecies.Snip...
The problem with the prophecies as listed in The Prophecies of St. Malachy, published by the Thomas A. Nelson, a Catholic Publishing House, (
St. Malachy, Peter Bander: The Prophecies of St. Malachy)
is that Malachy's original works listed only 111 Popes, not 112, as given in the TAN version of the prophecies. Sometime between the first and subsequent printings the 112th, Petrus Romanus, was added to Malachy's prophecy.There is some interesting commentary and several scenarios at the bottom of the page.
Lots of links having to do with 111, not 112, Popes..."111 popes"
I'm not Catholic so it doesn't matter much to me.