St. Malachy's 113th pope?
In 1143 A.D., an Irish Catholic archbishop named Malachy O'Morgan recorded the "Prophecy of the Popes" using brief Latin phrases to describe 112 popes from Celestine II until the papacy of "Petrus Romanus" the 112th and last pope on St. Malachy's list, who many people thought might be the "Last Pope" of the Catholic Church. Malachy's prophecy is printed below:
"During a final persecution of the Roman Church, sits Petrus Romanus, who will feed his flock through many tribulations. This accomplished, the seven-hilled city (Rome) will be destroyed, and the Dreadful Judge will judge His people."
Saint Malachy
On February 28, 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI unexpectedly announced his resignation from the papacy, the cross on the dome of Saint Peter's Basilica was struck twice by lightning, and the Internet was quickly ablaze with rumors about the impending election of Petrus Romanus, the "Last Pope" of the Catholic Church. Then, after 13 more days passed without a sitting pope, it was on the 13th day of March in the 13th year of the new Millenium, at exactly eight hours and 13 minutes in the evening, when the newly elected pope, Francis I, the two hundred and 66th pope, finally appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on a cold and rainy night.
The election of "Petrus Romanus," or "Peter the Roman," caught prophecy watchers by surprise when pope "Peter" turned out instead to be pope "Pedro," the first LATIN AMERICAN pope elected to the papacy. And please note that this website posted its greeting to "papa Pedro" over a month BEFORE his election to the papacy. Petrus Romanus translates to "Pietro de Romano" in modern Italian, and when the pope was asked to name himself, he decided to call himself "Francis," after St. Francis "de Pietro" of Assisi. It was then later discovered that the family of Pope Francis I originally came from the small town of "Romano" in northern Italy.
While an examination of the prophecy does seem to indicate that pope Francis I was the 112th pope on St. Malachy's list, the prophecy only says Francis I will "feed his flock through many tribulations." Pope Francis had to suffer billions of dollars in losses due to the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, and he was forced to defrock an American cardinal. The phrase "this accomplished" however may mean the Last Pope won't arrive until AFTER pope Francis I completes the task of "feeding his flock through many tribulations." And therefore it might be the 113th pope following Francis who will witness the "ruination" of Rome.
The St. Malachy, Fatima, and Garabandal prophecies all describe a future attack on the Vatican, and it's strange that all these prophecies came out of the Vatican library vaults. Prophecies normally have multiple sources, but the identity of the papacy under which this prophecy will happen is supported by just one source, Saint Malachy. And now that Pope Francis has passed away and pope Leo XIV has been installed as the 113th pope (after Cellestine II), we'll have to see if he will be the pope who will insult another religion and initiate Rome's ruin, thus fulfilling the Saint Malachy, Garabandal, and also a Nostradamus prophecy on the fate of Rome. So if you'd like to learn more about how the prophets predicted events still happening in this world today, click on one of the secure book links on this webpage to order your book by Edward Oliver.
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