‘Final Pope’ Authors Predicted Benedict Would Resign!

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• ‘Final pope’ authors predicted Benedict would resign! 
  by Jerome R. Corsi, http://www.wnd.com/ 
  Although a Roman Catholic pope had not stepped down in nearly 600 years, the  startling resignation of Pope Benedict XVI was predicted by the co-authors of a  book published last spring about a medieval prophecy that the next pontiff will  be the last.
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  In “Petrus  Romanus: The Final Pope is Here,” co-authors Tom Horn and Cris Putnam  examine St. Malachy’s “Prophecy of the Popes,” said to be based on his prophetic  vision of the next 112 popes, beginning with Pope Celestine II, who died in  1144. Malachy presented a description of each pope, culminating with the “final  pope,” “Peter the Roman,” whose reign would end with the destruction of Rome and  judgment.
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  Horn explained to WND in an interview today that his conclusion Benedict  would resign rather than die in the papacy was based not only on St. Malachy but  also on a host of historical and current information.
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  “We took ‘The Prophecy of the Popes,’ we took what was happening in Italian  media, and we determined, based on a great deal of information, that Pope  Benedict would likely step down, citing health reasons, in 2012 or 2013,” he  said.
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  St. Malachy was an Irish saint and the archbishop of Armagh, who lived from  1094 to 1l48. Malacy described the  penultimate pope, which Horn believes is Benedict, as “Gloria Olivae,” or “Glory  of the Olive.” 
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  Pope Benedict XVI was not a Benedictine priest, yet he chose the name of  Benedict, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict, which also is known as the  Olivetans. The symbol of the Benedictine order includes an olive branch.
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  Benedict, speaking Monday morning in Latin to a small gathering of cardinals  at the Vatican, said that after examining his conscience “before God, I have  come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer  suited to an adequate exercise” of leading the Roman Catholic Church.
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  Peter the Roman
  Horn and Putnam discuss the evidence pointing to a Benedict resignation on  pages 74 and 486 of their April 2012 book, and Horn has made the prediction on a  number of radio programs in recent months, including  Jan. 13.
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  Malachy described the last Pope as “Petrus Romanus,” or “Peter the Roman,” writing: “In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign  Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock among many tribulations; after which  the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the  people.”
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  Horn and his co-author have created their own list of 10 candidates to  succeed Benedict and become “Peter the Roman.”
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  Interestingly, a leading candidate is Cardinal Tarcisio Pietro Evasio  Bertone, the Cardinal secretary of state, who was born in Romano, Italy. His  name could, therefore, be rendered Peter the Roman.
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  Another Peter on the list is a black African, Cardinal Peter Turkson of  Ghana, the current president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and  Peace.
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  In any case, Horn noted, Catholics believe the pope inhabits the “Petrine  office” as a successor of the apostle Peter.
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