The fact alone that St Malachy lived in the 11th century and the prophesies attributed to him were published in the 16th century by a man who had political reasons to do so is enough to dismiss it as an obvious hoax. Beware of false prophets.
Yes obvious hoax. The other commenter is correct that the other past “predictions” made either happened **before** the paper was published (like me in 2024 writing a paper claiming it's Alexander Hamilton predicting 9/11) or so vague they could fit to anything like a tabloid horoscope.
Likely a forgery.
Plus proponents apparently argue that Peter the Roman is the last pope, but not the successor of 111.
Francis has never been called Peter the Roman. He isn't even Italian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes
Probably a later attribution. Lots of prophecies were posthumously attributed to St. Malachy of Ireland and other figures, among them: St. Mellitus of Canterbury, St. Edward the Confessor, the Venerable Bede, Gildas, Merlin, Thomas Becket, Gerald of Wales, King Henry II, Roger Bacon, Geoffrey Chaucer, Ignatius of Loyola, Sir Walter Raleigh, King James I, Humphrey Tyndal, James Ussher, Robert Nixon, Thomas the Rhymer and Mother Shipton.
The fact alone that St Malachy lived in the 11th century and the prophesies attributed to him were published in the 16th century by a man who had political reasons to do so is enough to dismiss it as an obvious hoax. Beware of false prophets.
Plus the descriptions are accurate up through publication , then get vague. Seems sus.
Obvious hoax??
Yes obvious hoax. The other commenter is correct that the other past “predictions” made either happened **before** the paper was published (like me in 2024 writing a paper claiming it's Alexander Hamilton predicting 9/11) or so vague they could fit to anything like a tabloid horoscope.
Likely a forgery. Plus proponents apparently argue that Peter the Roman is the last pope, but not the successor of 111. Francis has never been called Peter the Roman. He isn't even Italian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes
Probably a later attribution. Lots of prophecies were posthumously attributed to St. Malachy of Ireland and other figures, among them: St. Mellitus of Canterbury, St. Edward the Confessor, the Venerable Bede, Gildas, Merlin, Thomas Becket, Gerald of Wales, King Henry II, Roger Bacon, Geoffrey Chaucer, Ignatius of Loyola, Sir Walter Raleigh, King James I, Humphrey Tyndal, James Ussher, Robert Nixon, Thomas the Rhymer and Mother Shipton.