Probably filed in the 'fiction' section.

I understand what you are saying. I just find "end of the world" stories interesting to read. It doesn't mean I believe them.

I just remember him telling me about it and being scared witless at the time. Thanks for the link!

I'm not much into religion, nor the Catholic church so I didn't know they thought it was phony.

Saint Malachy, an Irish archbishop in the 12th century, made the prophecies. A Benedictine monk first published them in 1595. There's a lot of skepticism about the whole thing, partly because they're pretty accurate up to 1590 and not so much so after that. Also, I think that the prophecy doesn't say anything about the end of the world, only about the last pope, who is called "Peter the Roman."

Here's a Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes

condemnation of gay rights and contraception, and drive conservatives nuts with his condemnation of economic greed!

Cardinal Peter Turkson (Ghana)
Cardinal Peter Erdo (Hungary)
Cardinal Tarcisio Pietro Bertone (Italy)

Cardinal Bertone was born in Romano, Italy. He is currently Cardinal Secretary of State and Camerlengo. He was previously Archbishop of Genoa, a fishing center. His coat of arms is very interesting. My money would be on him if the prophesy holds true.

"Proponents of the prophecies claim that Pope Benedict XVI corresponds to the pope described in the penultimate prophecy. The list ends with a pope identified as "Peter the Roman", whose pontificate will allegedly bring the destruction of the city of Rome and usher in the beginning of the Apocalypse."

I just wanted the info about that prophecy and now I can go read about it.

kiss your ass good-bye. There isn't anything we can do about it.

I'm not at all worried about the end of the world. I just find reading about some of these end time prophecies interesting. When one fails another one will come along to take it's place. It seems like it's a never ending cycle.

I just happened to remember what my friend told me many years ago so I thought I would do some light reading about it.

they will die on their own. I didn't think you really thought that in the first place. I was just being funny and wanted to give you a laugh.

AIDS Awareness.

Catholicism advances no notion of a fixed end date for the world. The newspapers have coverage of key candidates for the next pope. Do a Google news search.

but then he is dead so much from the gallery.

there ya go!

That we had one back in the Dark Ages. Evidence is scant, and of course the Church denies it; but something awfully strange seems to have happened between Popes Leo IV and Benedict III in the 850s.