According to prophecy (ST. Malachi) there are only 2 Popes left, then what...Armageddon. What do you think ?

Answer 1

Even if this supposed prophecy is true, it does not say how many popes will be after the current pope.

There are several interpretations regarding the last Popes listed by St. Malachy taken by those who believe the prophecies:

Regarding whether additional Popes, not listed by St. Malachy occur between Gloria Olivae and Petrus Romanus the following differing views are held:

1. Gloria Olivae is immediately followed by Petrus Romanus.

2. Because no number is assigned to Petrus Romanus, he and Gloria Olivae might be one and the same pope.

3. Because no number is assigned to Petrus Romanus, any number of popes could intervene between these two popes.

4. Because no number is assigned to Petrus Romanus, it is also possible that he will not be an actual pope (that is, that "Peter the Roman" may take on the role of the Pope without putting on the robe of the Pope). Under this possible scenario, a catastrophe at the Vatican -- perhaps a terrorist attack -- could wipe out the top leadership of the Church during either a consistory or a conclave of the College of Cardinals. As a result, with no viable College surviving to elect a new pontiff, this particular scenario would have a surviving official of the Roman Curia succeeding to the top leadership of the Church but not as Pope. Since he would not rise to the Papacy itself but instead would become, in effect, the top caretaker of the Church, he would not need to assume a new papal name such as Peter; thus he would keep the name he has had since his birth in Italy, and that name already would be Peter (or, in Italian, Pietro). Currently (that is, as of March 2006) there is only one such candidate for Petrus Romanus within the Roman Curia. His name is Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Under-Secretary of State for Relations with States, appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2002 to serve under Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. A native of Schiavon, Italy, Monsignor Parolin was born in January 1955.

5. That the prophecies are indeed elaborate Jesuit forgeries of the 1600s.

Regarding whether the Papacy ends with Petrus Romanus, the following differing views are held:

1. Petrus Romanus will be the final Pope. The end of his papacy will mark either the end of the papacy, the end of the Roman Catholic Church, the Church's final triumph, and/or the end of this world (See: Apocalypse, End of the world, Armageddon, Eschatology).

2. There will be additional Popes following Petrus Romanus, about which Malachy did not write. There is also the possibility that these additional popes might be considered antipopes, which could justify their omission in St. Malachy's eyes (However, several antipopes are mentioned in the Prophecy.)

3. If Petrus Romanus was a later and spurious addition to the prophecy, that leaves Gloria Olivae as the last listed Pope. That could still mean that there are or are not more Popes to come.

Answer 2

I've never heard that prophecy before, but I would be very wary of trying to predict things that precisely. Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 24:

24:32 “Learn48 this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 24:33 So also you, when you see all these things, know49 that he is near, right at the door. 24:34 I tell you the truth,50 this generation51 will not pass away until all these things take place. 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.52

Be Ready!

24:36 “But as for that day and hour no one knows it – not even the angels in heaven53 – except the Father alone. 24:37 For just like the days of Noah54 were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. 24:38 For in those days before the flood, people55 were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark. 24:39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away.56 It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.57 24:40 Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.58 24:41 There will be two women grinding grain with a mill;59 one will be taken and one left.

24:42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day60 your Lord will come. 24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief61 was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into. 24:44 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.62

Answer 3

I think it is interesting how a very few Bible-believing Christians, who don't recognize Catholic saints, are using the vague and un-biblical prophecies of Saint Malachi to predict what will happen with the next pope.

God bless them and the Pope.

Even the Catholic Church has not declared the document as divinely inspired. Some modern scholars even think the prophecies are a forgery.

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Malachi does not mention popes. It mentions priests that cause the people to stumble at the law.

If you are looking for the sign of the end, look for the 2 witnesses. When they start to prophesy in Jersulem then you can count forward three and a half years -- that will be the end.

Answer 5

There is no mention in the writings of Malachi whatsoever about any Pope - or elsewhere in the Bible, for that matter. There are also no signs of the end of the world (Matthew 24:42 ff).

Answer 6

The word pope is not found in Malachi and Malachi was not a saint. Come again.

Answer 7

HAHAHAHHA. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT. YES.

Y O U .. A R E .. R I G H T . .. THANK YOU.

there will be 1 more Pope after this one. The next Pope will deflect the Catholic Religion and expose it for lies.

I'm impressed you know this. I see you have done some research. Did you hear this, or did you do Bible codes?

There are 10582 codes, so far. Keep looking. hahaha


Have a good week.

Answer 8

and he go at the Armageddon. not much time letf

Answer 9

Did you get that from the Bible?? Where did you get that?