The Next Pope

2005-4-5 04:46:00

There seems to be a lot of prophesies of the last Pope. April's account of the 16th century nun named Hildegard was one I had not heard before.

Perhaps the most famous prophecy comes from St. Malachy, an Irish Bishop who was supposed to have received a vision of all the Popes until judgment day. 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.

St. Malachy gave a short description of the next 112 Popes. Apparently only two Popes remain.

An expert recently appeared on George Norey's show on Coast to Coast and stated that after intense study he has concluded that Malachy's description of all the popes to date has an accuracy rate of about 80%. He stated that he has studied many prophets and that this is the highest success rate he has found.

You might recall that I have stated that a 50% success rate indicates some inspiration is involved.

Here are his predictions of the next two popes taken from a Newsmax article:.

The Next Pope: The 111th prophecy is "Gloria Olivae" (The Glory of the Olive). The meaning of the olive is unclear. The Order of Saint Benedict - not St. Malachy - has claimed that this pope will come from its ranks and Saint Benedict himself prophesied that before the end of the world his Order, known also as the Olivetans, will triumphantly lead the Catholic Church in its final fight against evil.

The Last Pope: The 112th prophecy says, "In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Petrus Romanus (Peter the Roman), who will feed his flock amid many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people.

For the full Newsmax article, see this link:

http://archive.newsmax.com/

It is interesting that the word "olive" is often associated with a darker skinned person, such as a Latin American. There is a lot of talk in circulation that because the Catholic population has increased so much in South and Central America that the new Pope will be selected from there.

Odds makers are giving Dionigi Tettamanzi of Italy the highest odds with Francis Arinze of Nigeria coming in second. But third on the list is Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga from the Honduras and fourth is Claudio Hummes from Brazil.

Another possibility is that this next pope will see many of the predictions that Jesus made on the Mount of Olives come true.

Note that he doesn't say that Peter the Roman will be the last Pope. He is only last on the list.

Adversity does teach who your real friends are. Lois McMaster Bujold,