The Future and the Popes

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About 20 years ago I had heard about Saint Malachy's predictions about the

future Popes. Now that John Paul II has died his predictions are being

revisited because the new Pope is supposedly the next to last on the list

made by Saint Malachy. Some think that the list is the names of all future

popes and after that no more. The following was sent by a friend, it makes

for some interesting reading. Below is an excerpt from a text on the subject

and some links to further information on it.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

Shyamasundara Dasa

 

http://www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com

"krsnas tu bhagavan svayam"

 

 

 

Excerpt:

 

The Future and the Popes

 

About the year A.D. 1139, Saint Malachy O'Morgair, Archbishop of Armagh,

Ireland, wrote down a list of Popes. He listed 112 future Popes, each

described by a phrase in Latin. [1] There has been increasing interest in

this list among Roman Catholics, for two reasons. First, the descriptions of

Popes #109 and #110 match the pontificates of Popes John Paul I and John

Paul II to a tee. Second, there are only two more Popes on the list, and the

last Pope on the list is given a long apocalyptic description, instead of a

quaint and cryptic phrase.

 

Pope John Paul I

 

Pope #109 on St. Malachy's list is given the phrase: “From the Half of the

Moon.” [2] Pope John Paul I was elected on August 26 of 1978, when the moon

was in its last quarter (i.e. half the moon was visible in the sky). He died

on September 28, when the moon was again in its last quarter. [3] The length

of his Pontificate was only 33 days, a little more than the length of one

lunar cycle. St. Malachy's prophecy matches John Paul I's Pontificate well.

 

Pope John Paul II

 

Pope #110 on St. Malachy's list is given the phrase: “From the Labor of the

Sun.” [4] What kind of labor does the sun do? The sun's work, so to speak,

is to travel around the earth. The sun constantly travels around the world.

And so does Pope John Paul II. He is the most traveled Pope in history. His

Pontificate is marked by his constant travels around the world. St.

Malachy's phrase fits John Paul II's Pontificate precisely.

 

 

http://www.hogueprophecy.com/lastpop.htm

 

http://www.catholicplanet.com/articles/article41.htm#endnotes

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20021220062324/http://www.catholicplanet.com/arti

cles/article41.htm

 

 

 

 

Yours faithfully,

Yours in the service of my eternal spiritual master Srila Prabhupada,

Your humble servant,

 

Shyamasundara Dasa

 

http://www.ShyamasundaraDasa.com

"krsnas tu bhagavan svayam"