From the Hindustan Times: ‘Next pope will be murdered in Italy’.
Vatican-watchers are like Kremlinologists of old, minutely analysing terse statements from the press office or picking apart the whispered, off-the-cuff remarks by a friend of a friend of a cardinal.
The world's bookies are doing a thriving business placing odds on who the next pope will be, while journalists are keeping themselves busy, and their readers confused, by reporting the latest speculation on who it will be.
But all these people need to do is sit down over a capuccino at a Roman cafe and survey the prophecies of a 12th-century archbishop, Saint Malachy.
He has it all sorted out. He has even named the new pope, sort of. Sadly, also, he has told us we haven't much longer to live. But more of that later. [continue]
I've never heard of St. Malachy before - have you? For more about him, see:
Saint Malachy - Wikipedia
Malachy O'More - Catholic-forum.com
St. Malachy - Catholic Encyclopedia
Thanks to Lorna for writing to tell me about this article.
Posted on April 16, 2005 12:43 PM. Filed under: religion.