Malachy Prophecy

                        Cardinal Peter Turkson, could he be  Peter the Roman/Petrus Romanus?????
Friends,
Pope Benedict, Pope number 111, has turned 85 and is increasingly showing signs of frailty and fatigue. These observations have prompted speculation over whether he will be the first pontiff in seven centuries to resign. He is the only pope in living memory to discuss publicly the possibility of resignation and has recently said he recognizes he is now in 'last stretch' of his life‎'. Benedict is now the oldest reigning pope since Leo XIII, who died aged 93 in 1903.
The prophecy of Malachy (1094-1148), the first Irish saint in the Catholic Church,will be a topic of discussion on God's radio program on Sunday May 6th.
I first became aware of prophet Malachy when I was Iraq in from 2004 to 2005. My good friend Abu Art, an Eastern Orthodox Christian gave me information about the Malachy prophesy. Abu Art told me that if the prophesy were true then the next pope would be from the order of St. Benedict in Latin "Gloria Olivae" or order of Olivetans.
Later I was in the Morale Welfare & Recreation Center (MWR) at Abu Ghraib watching the TV and waiting for the news about the balloting for the next pope. I was seating with and enjoying a conversation with Filipino Roman Catholic. I nearly fell out of my seat when the announcer said the next Pope would be named Benedict and that he was an Olivetan from the order of St. Benedict.
After I finished my Iraq deployment and returned to the U.S. I told Jack, my wife's cousin the story and he found it very interesting because he told me that he and his wife recently visited Italy. They visited a church in Rome that had frescoes of all the popes including the new Pope Benedict XVI. He said only one empty spot for a new fresco remained!
I think you will find the information below very interesting. For more than 800 hundred years scholars have pointed to the dark augury having to do with "the last Pope." The prophecy, taken from St. Malachy's "Prophecy of the Popes," is among a list of verses predicting each of 112 the Roman Catholic popes from Pope Celestine II to the final pope, "Peter the Roman," whose reign would end in the destruction of Rome. Tradition holds that Malachy had been called to Rome by Pope Innocent II. The next pope following Benedict XVI is the final pontiff, Petrus Romanus or Peter the Roman. The idea by some Catholics that the next pope on St. Malachy's list heralds the beginning of "great apostasy" followed by "great tribulation" sets the stage for the imminent unfolding of apocalyptic events, something many non-Catholics agree with. This will give rise to the false prophet, who according to the book of Revelation leads the world's religious communities into embracing a political leader known as Antichrist. 
Pope, Benedict XVI according to the prophecy his successor will be the last pope, who is predicted to reign during a time of tribulation when the City of Rome will be destroyed.
Remember, only God knows the end from the beginning and His prophetic plan is in play.
This is interesting, could Peter Turkson be Pope Peter the Roman?
St. Malachy  prophesied that the last pope would be one “Peter the Roman”:
“In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Petrus Romanus, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people.
Will Benedict's successor fit the description of Peter the Roman, the 112th and final pope on St. Malachy’s list. Below are more links concerning the prophecy of Malachy.
http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/malachy.htm
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/tag/cardinal-peter-turkson/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBGbigVoEs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO_RWsB2b3I&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw-5F8G4ypc

The Spaniard Adolfo Nicolas Pason, age 76, may be a candidate to the be next Pope, Petrus Romanus. He is the current Superior General of the Society of Jesuits, the Black Pope. After receiving a message from Pope Benedict asking the Society of Jesus to affirm its fidelity to the magisterium and the Holy See, the Congregation presided by Nicolás responded, "The Society of Jesus was born within the Church, we live in the Church, we were approved by the Church and we serve the Church. This is our vocation...[Unity with the pope] is the symbol of our union with Christ. It also is the guarantee that our mission will not be a 'small mission,' a project just of the Jesuits, but that our mission is the mission of the Church."

In a November 2008 interview with El Periodico, Nicolás described liberation theology as a "courageous and creative response to an unbearable situation of injustice in Latin America."These remarks are particularly controversial since some forms of liberation theology have been denounced by Pope John Paul II and by Pope Benedict XVI, when he was still Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. However, the Superior General also added, "As with any theology, liberation theology needs years to mature. It's a shame that it has not been given a vote of confidence and that soon its wings will be cut before it learns to fly. It needs more time."



Shalomkah
Alan