Posted on 02/10/2012 8:08:21 AM PST by NYer
The sensational prediction was allegedly made by Cardinal Paolo Romeo, the archbishop of Palermo in Sicily, on a recent visit to China.
Cardinal Romeo reportedly made the startling prediction of the Pope's death during a trip to China in November 2011.
He seemed so sure of the fact that the people he spoke with, including Italian businessmen and Chinese representatives of the Catholic Church, were convinced that he was talking about an assassination attempt.
They were so alarmed by his remarks that they reported them back to the Vatican.
The extraordinary comments were written up in a top-secret report, dated Dec 30, 2011, and delivered to the Pope by a senior cardinal, Dario Castrillon Hoyos, a Colombian, in January.
The Vatican has reportedly opened an investigation into the claims.
The report was written in German, apparently to limit the number of people within the Vatican who would understand it if it was inadvertently leaked.
It warns of a "Mordkomplott" – death plot – against Benedict.
The story was broken on Friday by an Italian daily, Il Fatto Quotidiano, with the headline "Plot against the Pope – he will die within 12 months".
The newspaper, which has a reputation for scoops, published a page from the confidential report.
"During his talks in China, Cardinal Romeo predicted the death of Benedict XVI within 12 months. His remarks were expressed with such certainty and resolution that the people he was speaking to thought, with a sense of alarm, that an attack on the Pope's life was being planned," the paper reported.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
In case you are wondering:
Romeo - From the Italian Medieval religious name meaning “pilgrim to Rome” (Late Latin Romaeus, a derivative of Roma).
http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Romeo.html
True, but who specifically I wonder? What, or who, is the next step and why?
That would be as opposed to someone who WAS Roman? Peter the Roman meets Paul the not Roman?
You wrote:
“That whole thing stunk and more and more evidence has come out that it might have been an inside job.”
Actually there has never been any such evidence. He died or natural causes. Happens all the time.
He got a clean bill of health soon before his death and the fact that he was trying to clean up the Vatican banking system that had mob ties is suspicious. Let's not forget how the Vatican got their status as a county in a country. Mussolini. They were also involved with getting Nazis out to South America after the war. That is why reformers like John Paul and John Paul II made waves that upset the old school folks. There was one good thing that came from the death of John Paul. That was John Paul II taking over and was very important in defeating Communism with Lady Thacher and Ronald Reagan in the 80's. I feel he was one of the most important Pontiffs since Pope Pius X.
you're kidding, right? wow...
You wrote:
“He got a clean bill of health soon before his death”
No, he did not. He had a heart condition.
” and the fact that he was trying to clean up the Vatican banking system that had mob ties is suspicious.”
It was suspicious that he was doing something? No, it was not.
“Let’s not forget how the Vatican got their status as a county in a country. Mussolini.”
False. The Papal States were always a country in a series of countries. Mussolini merely ended a stand off and restored some of what always was for about 1200 years.
“They were also involved with getting Nazis out to South America after the war.”
False. A few clerics, monks, and nuns did that. The Vatican did not do that.
“That is why reformers like John Paul and John Paul II made waves that upset the old school folks.”
No, actually much of what you listed had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO with either John Paul of John Paul II.
“There was one good thing that came from the death of John Paul. That was John Paul II taking over and was very important in defeating Communism with Lady Thacher and Ronald Reagan in the 80’s. I feel he was one of the most important Pontiffs since Pope Pius X.”
Okay, fine. But you need to learn about cause and effect. What you’re doing otherwise is linking together things that are unrelated as if they have something to do with one another.
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