Dear friends:

Roman Catholic Cardinal Biffi, emeritus bishop of the archdiocese of
Bologna, is one of the cardinals who is being considered as the new Pope.

In the year 2000, Cardinal Biffi said that he believed the Antichrist was
alive and would soon rise to prominence.

Biffi told a conference meeting in Bologna that the Antichrist was a
prominent philanthropist who advocated causes like human rights, the
environment and ecumenicism.

Biffi said that this man - who he never identified - had a "fascinating
personality" and espoused causes like vegetarianism, pacifism,
environmentalism and animal rights.

Biffi added that this Antichrist would be a Bible expert who would discard
its truths to prosletyze for "vague and fashionable spiritual values."

(From http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/17/171946.shtml .)