The Prophecy of St. Malachy

The Prophecy of St. Malachy is not a very popular one due to it's end times nature.

St. Malachy (Maelmhaedhoc O’Morgair 1094 - Nov. 2, 1148) was the appointed Archbishop of Armagh, who was attributed several miracles and of having a vision with the identity of the last ten Popes in the Vatican. He was canonized by Pope Clement III, on 6 July 1199.

(Courtesy of Wikipedia.com)

The prophecy is also known as the Prophecy of the Popes which "is a list of 112 short Latin phrases purported to describe each of the Roman Catholic popes..., beginning with Pope Celestine II (elected in 1143) and concluding with a future pope described in the prophecy as "Peter the Roman," whose pontificate will end in the destruction of the city of Rome and the Last Judgment." (Wikipedia.com) All of which came true including the latest one which was Pope John Paul II's reign.

According to the list, Pope John Paul II was the 110th pope (i.e. 3rd last pope of the list) and now that he is dead, apparently we are left with 2 more popes before the coming of Christ (although there might be many popes in between these 2 popes as the prophecy merely says that "Peter the Roman" is to be the last pope). So who will be the next pope? No one knows. Because prophecies being prophecies are not explicit and one can only see in hindsight. But we do have a clue, the next pope will fulfill the prophecy of "Gloria olivæ" (which means the "glory of the olive") What does this prophecy mean? ... I am not sure.

But there is one thing which I am sure of that is, Christ's coming is very - very near.