THE
NEXT POPE
The Signs in Nostradamus And St. Malachy ' s Prophecies by John
Hogue
Friends,
Some of you may not be aware that I have already written a book on the matter of future papal succession, The Last Pope: The Decline and Fall of the Church of Rome. Here is a brief synopsis of "The Last Pope":
In 1139 St. Malachy set out from Ireland on a harrowing
pilgrimage to Rome. On sighting the Eternal City he fell to the ground
and began murmuring cryptic Latin phrases, each signifying the future
destiny of the popes. For four hundred years the manuscript was locked
in the labyrinth of the Vatican. On its rediscovery in 1595 it was
rejected by the Church authorities as fraudulent but the content of
the prophecies remains remarkably and chillingly accurate: to this
day 90 percent have come true.
In examining the context of St. Malachy's life,
his pilgrimages and his miracles, The Last Pope presents
a fascinating account of the fates of the popes and eight hundred
years of Catholic prophecy; including those of contemporaries, Hildegard
von Bingen, Joachim de Fiore and the 16th-century Catholic seer, Nostradamus,
whose vision of the papal succession closely resemble that of St.
Malachy.
In this first complete study of St. Malachy's prophecies
in over a hundred years, The Last Pope provides new revelations
regarding the authenticity of the Latin mottoes. As the Roman Catholic
Church continues to witness an eclipse in papal power this work uncovers
the truth about St. Malachy's prophecies and reveals their significance
as an account of the papal progression which Vatican policy makers
have found too threatening to acknowledge.
St. Malachy prophesied an end to the Roman Catholic
Church and predicted the fates of the popes until Judgment Day. Pope
John Paul II has died. Only two popes remain on the doomsday list.
Are the Catholic prophecies warning humanity of a great chastisement
and apocalypse at hand? "The Last Pope" tries to answer these questions
from outside of doomsday dogma's box. The end times may presage something
unexpected and wonderful for Catholic and non-Catholics alike.
The conclave to elect the next to last pope will
begin a week from the writing of this article (18 April). Today, I
wish to briefly go over those parallel prophecies about the next pope
written by the 16th-century French prophet, Nostradamus. If he is
speaking about "Gloria Olivae" (Glory of the Olive)--the Latin motto
St. Malachy uses for the next pope--does Nostradamus provide a hint
from where in the world the next pope comes?
A new interpretation, if correct, of Century 5 Quatrain
49 of Nostradamus' prophetic masterpiece "Les Propheties," would cool
the ardor of odds makers who bet that the next pope will be a Latin
American. Nostradamus' inference to Spain includes candidates arising
from her former colonial territories, such as Cardinal Carrera of
Mexico, Cardinal Maradiaga of Honduras or Cardinal Hoyos of Columbia.
Hence, the new pope will not hail "from [the empire of] Spain [as
Nostradamus knew it] but from ancient France."
Nul de l'Espaigne mais de l'antique France,
Ne sera esleu pour le tremblant nacelle, A l'ennemy sera faicte fiance, Qui dans son regne sera peste cruelle. Not from Spain but from ancient France,
Will be elected for the trembling ship [the bark of Peter], He will make a promise to the enemy, Who will cause great plague during his reign. Back in 1986, I surmised that a candidate hailing
from within the borders of "ancient France" could include southwestern
Poland, the birthplace of John Paul II. It lies within the outer frontiers
of Charlemagne's early medieval empire.
What if this prophecy instead pinpoints his successor?
And rather than the broadest extent of France's oldest Empire, the
poetry meant us to look for the successor in the "oldest" and earliest
holding of France?
The most ancient plot of French territory would
be the holdings of the Merovingian Dynasty of the 5th and 6th century.
Paris along with Reims was their chief city. The current Archbishop
of Paris is Cardinal Lustiger, one of the late John Paul II's closest
theological disciples. The late pontiff made Lustiger Archbishop of
Orleans in 1979. Orleans is another region of "ancient France." John
Paul II made him Archbishop of Paris in 1981.
Lustiger can be applied to my earlier interpretation
of this prophecy as well. Like John Paul II, he comes from the frontiers
of Charlemagne's ancient 8th-century Carolingian empire. Lustiger
was born to Jewish parents in southwestern Poland. He survived the
Holocaust, became a French citizen and converted to Catholicism. Today
he remains a dark "Jewish" horse candidate for the next pope. His
Jewish origin, however, and his age (79 years old) makes him a long
shot. The Vatican avoids responding to what it calls polemicists (like
myself) who might infer that their choice of a Jewish born pope fulfills
some end-time prediction for the papal succession. If the first pope
(the Apostle Peter) and the last pope should be both Jews, it closes
destiny's circle, ending the papal succession.
Let us look again at the last three lines of the
prophecy:
...[he] will be elected for the trembling ship [the
bark of Peter],
He will make a promise to the enemy, Who will cause great plague during his reign. John Paul II trembled with Parkinson's disease and
died as a result of complications from that illness. In my earlier
interpretations, I noted that a great plague did appear during his
pontificacy--AIDS. But if this prophecy is about the trembling John
Paul's successor, then perhaps we face at last the long overdue visitation
of a global pandemic during the new pope's reign.
Signs are already there that hemorrhagic fever plagues
are on the rise in Africa. Doctors at the CDC (Center for Disease
and Control) openly admit that the Bird Flu from South East Asia and
China could mutate at any time from a bird-to-human to a human-to-human
contagion. A form that can spread the deadly infection rapidly around
world killing tens of millions.
What if the plague is manmade?
Another post John Paul II interpretation would imply
that the future pope who St. Malachy calls "Glory of the Olive" makes
a promise to enemies in a future war. This motto invokes the symbol
of a dove of peace with olive branch in beak. The next pope could
be a great peace maker. Taking Nostradamus' final line in mind, the
next pope, in the name of peace reaches out to radical Islam. Unfortunately,
the enemy turns on him, and the great plague foreseen comes out of
biological or chemical weapons of mass destruction used by terrorists.
A number of Nostradamus' prophecies infer such attacks on Rome will
take place, forcing the evacuation of a future pontiff.
Gloria Olivae begins his reign as a pope bearing
the "olive" branch of peace, but later he becomes the pontiff enduring
Christ's apocalyptic prophecies from the Sermon on the Mount of "Olives."
In other words, his reign marks the beginning of apocalyptic wars
and rumors of apocalyptic wars spreading out from the Holy Land across
the whole world.
Century 5 Quatrain 92 gives us another clue to the
next pope. My interpretation made back in 1997 for Nostradamus: The
Complete Prophecies remains unchanged:
Apres le siege tenu dixsept ans,
Cinq changeront en tel reuolu terme: Puis sera l'vn esleu de mesme temps, Qui des Romains ne sera trop conforme. After the [Holy] See kept for seventeen years,
Five completed terms will exchange within [the Vatican]: Then one will be elected at the same time, Who will not be too conforming to the Romans. This is what I said then:
"This could be about modern popes. Pius XI (1922-1939)
ruled the Vatican for 17 years. The five successors would be Pius
XII (1939-58), John XXIII (1958-63), Paul VI (1963-78), John Paul
I (1978), and the current pope, John Paul II. When he dies a new pope
will be elected that will not please the Vatican status quo. Perhaps
he will be as revolutionary as Pope John Paul I."
OTHER PAPAL POSSIBILITIES
For St. Malachy's motto for the next pope: GLORIA OLIVAE
(Glory of the Olive) If the College of Cardinals convening on 18 April
takes the short-lived caretaker route in their balloting then Cardinal
Ratzinger has the best chance. My sense is the reign of this 77-year-old
will be short. Maybe just four years. He will exhaust himself--as
would any other elderly candidate in their late seventies--trying
to keep up the pace that John Paul II set in his globe trotting ways.
St. Malachy's prophecies often describe the details
of a pope's family arms or Papal heraldry. If the coat of arms of
a candidate for Gloria Olivae should bear olives and olive branches,
then expect it to be the current Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Tettamanzi
(his name means "bull's tits"). Then again we may toast the new pope
with a Martini--a Cardinal Martini, that is. He is the previous Archbishop
of Milan and noted Biblical scholar who now lives in Jerusalem for
half of each year. Both the current and former archbishops of Milan
are in play because the seal for the Archbishop of Milan bears olive
branches.
I think the chances for a Latin American are quite
high, but I believe European cardinals in the Conclave will see to
it a European, if not an Italian, will be the next pope.
The top conservative Italian candidates include
Biffi, Tettamanzi and Sodano. Tettamanzi's association with Opus Dei
is key to an Italian conservative takeover. Then again, Tettamanzi
has been best at hedging his spiritual-political bets by also warming
up to more liberal Catholic organizations. He at least has put on
a good show as a moderate.
Of course we cannot rule out the importance of the
Israeli connection with prophetic symbols of the olive and olive branch.
Martini spends half of each year in Jerusalem and his potential candidacy
enjoys that ever popular word play in prophecy: the double entendre.
Read the "olive" branch of Israel along side the "olive" branch in
the coat of arms as the previous Archbishop of Milan and it could
equal "Gloria Olivae."
Martini is progressive so he is much more of a long
shot. Tettamanzi is perhaps the late John Paul's choice for successor.
It is traditional for a pope in his final years of life to appoint
his successor as Archbishop of Milan, the largest Catholic Archdiocese
in Italy. For example, John XXIII appointed his successor, Cardinal
Montini (Paul VI) to that post.
The inclination to a conservative or progressive
future pope depends on whether the College of Cardinals meeting in
the conclave seek to sustain John Paul II's conservative agenda. If
they do then do not expect John Paul III will heed to pressures from
the laity and regional bishops to soften dictatorial control from
Rome in their local affairs. Those who read the history of papal succession
in my book, "The Last Pope," cannot fail to notice how often a conservative
or liberal pope tries to stack the college with his own theologically
sympathetic cardinals. Then, after his death, they choose a successor
from the opposite pole. As the old Vatican saying goes: "A fat pope
is followed by a thin pope, is followed by a fat pope, etc..."
I guess that makes the corpulent Tettamanzi the
man of the white smoking stove piped hour because John Paul II was
thinner than Tettamanzi. The latter is a native of the Milan region.
That brings greater emphasis to his olive branched coat of arms as
the Archbishop. He is 71. His mother is still alive and well and in
her early 90s. The long living gene pool of the Bull Tits clan could
confer on Tettamanzi more than a short rule of a caretaker pope. He
might rival John Paul II in longevity sitting upon St. Peter's throne
longer than a quarter century.
There is perhaps a deeper message hidden underneath
the layers of peace making and a tie with Israel hinted in the cryptic
motto "Glory of the Olive."
Christ's sermon on the Mount of Olives.
The next man in St. Peter's chair, and the second-to-last
pope on St. Malachy's list before Judgment Day endures an apocalyptic
pontificacy. This would be especially true if he does turn out to
be one of the younger candidates from Latin America, such as
Honduran (Maradiaga), the Mexican (Carrera), or the European Schonborn
the Austrian and Daneels the Belgian Cardinal. (UPDATE 4/14/05: For
the record, I had a powerful vision dream on the morning of the 14th
that the next pope would be Schonborn . We will see if that plays
out.) There is also Hummes of Brazil, but Nostradamus made it clear
that the next pope would not come from the Spanish Empire of his day.
Brazil belonged to Portugal. In any case, the youngest is 60 (Schonborn),
the eldest is 71 (Daneels). Like Tettamanzi, there are enough relatively
youthful heir apparents in the short list for becoming the next pope
who may not be so short lived. He can linger long enough to see his
pontificacy enter the 2020s--the same decade of catastrophe that so
many prophets date as the beginning of humanity's true tribulation.
Thus, the rule of St. Malachy's last pope, Petrus Romanus (Peter of
Rome) may be a long time off in the future. There is still time to
make St. Malachy's dire coda for the last pope a future avoided:
During the last persecution of the Holy Roman Church,
there shall sit Peter of Rome, who shall feed the sheep amidst many
great tribulations, and when these have passed, the City of the Seven
Hills [Rome], shall be utterly destroyed, and the awful Judge will
judge the people.
A detailed, line by line, interpretation of the dire days of the final Pope Peter of Rome can be read in pages 349-367 of THE LAST POPE. Excerpted from The Circle of Light Newsletter Published by Lady Isis to subscribe send to: TheLightCircleEzine@yahoogroups.com * The Isis Connection http://home1.gte.net/ladyisis/index.htm * Healing Hands Of Light http://home1.gte.net/ladyisis/HandsOfLight.htm * To Join this Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheLightCircleEzine/ |
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