
Originally Posted by
OTO
^^ diba sinabi ni St Malachy ito
According to the prophecy, the next Pope will be the second last Pope Gloria Olivæ ("Glory of the Olives"). Will it be someone from the Mediterranean (Italy, France, Spain)? Or will it be perhaps someone with olive skin (say, from Latin America)?
(From the Catholic Encyclopedia 1913 edition)
Now Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger decides to use the name Pope Benedictine XVI. A not so unusual name but if you consider that Olivetans are a branch of the white monks of the Benedictine Order, founded in 1319. It just starts getting you thinking.