Luke 10:18, "And He
(Jesus) said unto them, I beheld Satan, as LIGHTNING fall from heaven."
Footage shows St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican being
struck by lightning just hours after Pope Benedict XVI
announced his resignation
Petrus Romanus
In recent times, some interpreters of prophetic
literature have drawn attention to the prophecies due to
their imminent conclusion; if the list of descriptions is
matched on a one-to-one basis to the list of historic
popes since the prophecies' publication, the currently
retiring pope, Benedict
XVI (2005-2013), would correspond to the second last
of the papal descriptions, Gloria olivae (the
glory of the olive).[13]
The last prophecy predicts the Apocalypse.
The longest and final motto reads:
In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit.
Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis
tribulationibus, quibus transactis civitas septicollis
diruetur, & judex tremedus judicabit populum suum.
Finis.
This may be translated into English as:
In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church,
there will sit [i.e., as bishop].
Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many
tribulations, and when these things are finished, the
city of seven hills [i.e. Rome]
will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge
his people. The End.[14]
Several historians and interpreters of the prophecies
note that they leave open the possibility of unlisted
popes between "the glory of the olive" and the final pope,
"Peter the Roman."[15][7]
In the Lignum Vitae, the line In persecutione
extrema S.R.E. sedebit. forms a separate sentence
and paragraph of its own. While often read as part of the
"Peter the Roman" prophecy, other interpreters view it as
a separate, incomplete sentence explicitly referring to
additional popes between "the glory of the olive" and
"Peter the Roman".[16]
Conte bolsters his prognostication
concerning the name “Pius” by pointing to the
electrifying visions of another pope named Pius—Pope
Pius X who served as pope from 1903 to 1914 and who saw
a papal successor carrying the same name Pius fleeing
Rome over the bodies of dead priests at the onset of
the end times. Pius X is widely reported to have said:
What I have seen is terrifying! Will
I be the one, or will it be a successor? What
is certain is that the Pope will leave Rome
and, in leaving the Vatican, he will have to pass
over the dead bodies of his priests! Do not tell
anyone this while I am alive.[v]
In a second vision during an
audience with the Franciscan order in 1909, Pope Pius
X appeared to fall into a trance. After a few moments,
he opened his eyes and rose to his feet, announcing:
I have seen one of my successors, of
the same name [a future pope named Pius], who was
fleeing over the dead bodies of his brethren. He
will take refuge in some hiding place; but after
a brief respite, he will die a cruel death.
Respect for God has disappeared from human
hearts. They wish to efface even God's memory.
This perversity is nothing less than the
beginning of the last days of the world.[vi]
Possibly at the center of
this prophecy and a “Vatican cover-up” of the complete
vision of Fatima (and related prophecies) is a second and
potentially more powerful papal contender for the role of
Petrus Romanus or “Peter the Roman”—Cardinal
Tarcisio Pietro (Peter) Bertone, who was born in Romano
(the Roman) Canavese (“Peter the Roman”). Among other
things, Cardinal Bertone is, at the time our [Horn &
Putnam] new investigative book on this subject Petrus Romanus: The Final Pope Is Here heads to the printer, second in command at the
Vatican. As the Secretary of State and the Pope's
Camerlengo (Italian for “Chamberlain”), he is
responsible during a papal vacancy to serve as acting
Head of State of the Vatican City until “the time of
agreement” and the election of a new pope.
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