Hello Bob,   
      
    LL>> Bob K. is gonna hate me for writing this.   
    LL>> But he (and others) must be warned.   
      
   BK>No, I don't. (he said cursing under his breath)   
      
   Not to worry.  There has never been a pope named Bob.  There   
   has also never been a pope name Luke.  Or a pope named Matthew.   
   Or a pope named James.  Or a pope named Lee.  Although that   
   could change ...   
      
   BK>Since the prophesies were not recorded by St Malachy, but in   
   BK>1595 by Arnold de Wyon, they are likely fakes. Oh, the de   
   BK>suggests he was French.   
      
   There were two lists, not just one.  While one of those lists   
   might indeed be a fake, the other most certainly is not.   
   However, just because the handwriting is different, and the   
   writings in multiple languages, does not negate its contents.   
   Besides, its only the last prophecy that one has to worry   
   about.   
      
   BK>The so called prophesies are very accruate from Celestine II   
   BK>until 1590, and very inaccurate after that, the evidence is they   
   BK>are fake.   
      
   Others disagree, claiming that all the prophecies are accurate,   
   although admitting those after 1590 were more obscure.  However,   
   as I mentioned before, it is only the last prophecy that remains   
   important, as all others have come to pass.   
      
   The RCC does not disagree with the list of popes as being   
   by St. Malachy.  What the RCC is trying to dispute is the last   
   prophecy, which has no number, as it is an addendum to the pope   
   associated with number 111.  How it came about is the list was   
   held for centuries at a monastery.  And then a fire broke out.   
   The monks saved the list, but the bottom was singed.  However,   
   one of the monks remembered what was written at the bottom   
   of the manuscript, and so he rewrote St. Malachy's last prophecy   
   and sewed it back onto the manuscript.  Was that a forgery?   
   If the words were true, what does it matter?   
      
   Let's take a look at the final prophecy again -   
      
    LL>> "In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there   
    LL>> will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock among   
    LL>> many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city will   
    LL>> be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people."   
    LL>> - St. Malachy, ~1139 AD   
      
   Here is my prediction -   
      
   If the next pope declares his new papal name as Peter,   
   the crowd below will make a mad dash for the exits and   
   millions will die in the stampede ...   
      
   --Lee   
      
   --- MesNews/1.06.00.00-gb   
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