[www.keralites.net] Will next POPE be AFRICAN?

 

 

The next Pope will be an African he'll be the last according to the St. Malachy's prophecy... scary if true...

Is the world only a Pope away from the End? Yes, if you believe a chilling 12th-century prophecy. Attributed to St. Malachy, an Irish archbishop canonized in 1190, the Prophecy of the Popes would date to 1139. The document predicted that there would be only 112 more popes before the Last Judgment and Benedict XVI is 111.

The list of popes originated from a vision Malachy said he received from God when he was inRome, reporting on his diocese to Pope Innocent II.

The story goes that St. Malachy gave the apocalyptic list to Innocent II and that the document remained unknown in theVaticanArchives some 440 years after Malachy's death in 1148. It was rediscovered and published by BenedictineArnoldde Wyon in 1590.The prophecy consists of brief, cryptic phrases in Latin about each Pope. It ends with the 112th pope, named "Petrus Romanus" or "Peter the Roman."

According to the premonition, Peter the Roman would "feed his flock amid many tribulations, after which the City of the Seven Hills shall be utterly destroyed, and the awful Judge will judge the people."Often highly enigmatic, several prophetical announcements in the document appear to have come true.For example, Malachy prophesied the first pope on his list would be "from a castle on theTiber." Celestine II, elected in 1143, was born in Toscany on the shores of theTiberRiver.Malachy predicted another pope would be "elevated from a hermit." Nicholas IV, pope from 1288 to 1292, had been a hermit in the monastery of Pouilles.The 45th pope in the prophecy is described as coming "from the hell of Pregnani". Indeed, Pope Urban VI (1378-1389) was born Domenico Prignano and came from a village nearNaplescalled Inferno (hell).

Most scholars consider the document a 16th-century elaborate hoax. Until 1590, when the prophecy was published, the mottoes were easily derived from the pope's family, baptismal names, native places or coats of arms.After 1590 the epithets become much more vague. According to the Catholic Pages, "the inclusion of anti-popes would also appear to militate against the authenticity of the prophecies."

Yet, uncanny similarities also appear when reading the mottoes associated to modern-day popes.

For example, the 109th pope is described as "of the half of the moon." John Paul I, elected pope in 1978, "lasted about a month, from half a moon to the next half," the Catholic Pages noted.As for his successor, the late Pope John Paul II, Malachy described him in Latin as "de labore solis," meaning "of the eclipse of the sun, or from the labor of the sun."

"John Paul II (1978-2005) was born onMay 18, 1920during a solar eclipse His Funeral occurred onApril 8, 2005when there was a solar eclipse visible in theAmericas," the Catholic Pages wrote.

Finally, "Glory of the Olives" is the motto for Benedict XVI, the 111th pope in the list. A branch of the monastic order founded by St. Benedict is called the Olivetans. As for the doomsday pope, one would think we are quite safe: according to church tradition, no pope can take the name Peter II.

However, one of the favorites to succeed Benedict XVI is Ghanaian Cardinal Turkson. His first name is Peter...

1. Cardinal Peter Turkson Country: Ghana Position: President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Age: 64 2. Cardinal Marc Ouellet Country: Canada Position: Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Age: 68 3. Cardinal Francis Arinze Country: Nigeria Position: Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Age: 80 4. Cardinal Leonardo Sandri Country: Argentina Position: Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Age: 69 5. Cardinal Angelo Scola Country: Italy Position: Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan Age: 71 6. Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga Country: Honduras Position: Archbishop of Tegucigalpa; President of Caritas Internationalis Age: 70 7. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi Country: Italy Position: President of the Pontifical Council for Culture Age: 70 8. Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco Country: Italy Position: Archbishop of Genoa; President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Age: 70 9. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Country: Italy Position: Cardinal Secretary of State; Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church Age: 78 10. Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn Country: Austria. Position: Archbishop of Vienna; President of the Austrian Bishops Conference. Age: 68

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