I’ve been surfing the internet for hours, reading stuff pro and con about the prophetic vision St. Malachy is alleged to have had about how many popes were left before Jesus returned. The tone of the articles range from “Phooie, nobody ever heard of this supposed prophecy until 400 years after Malachy was dead” to “Wowiekazowie, it’s all true.”
I decided to do my own research.
I’m inclined to think there may very well be some validity to the prophecies, if only because Pope John Paul I’s motto is so weird and so BANG ON the money.
But the explanations I found for Pope Benedict XVI didn’t hold up to scrutiny.
I can’t help wondering if “glory of the olives” has something to do with the Rapture. Jesus ascended from the Mount of Olives and the angels told the apostles, “This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.” Soooo … like maybe he’ll get Raptured, but Pope Francis will have to stay here and guide the church through the End Times?
Sources:
- http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/st-malachy-predicted-pope-benedicts-successor-will-be-last-pope-190715001-237789421.html
- http://www.catholic-pages.com/grabbag/malachy.asp
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XV
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII
- https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Pope_Paul_VI
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Pope_Paul_VI.svg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivetans
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velletri#Climate
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