Pope Francis’s accession to the Throne of St. Peter was announced on the 13th day of the month in the 13th year of the century, at exactly 13 minutes after 8 PM local time. He has come to lead a church swept by scandal and in a state of serious decline in much of the world. The Prophecy of St. Malachy suggests that he might be the last pope, and it may be true that his is the last papacy of the old style, because the Catholic Church is wracked by dissension, drowning in criminality, and so deeply tied to criminal financial activities that it may be unable to extract itself without going bankrupt.
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John Hogue predicted the resignation of Pope Benedict when that seemed a precedent-breaking impossibility. Now he opens up as never before about the Vatican, the papacy, the future of the Catholic Church and how it is tied to future of an increasingly uneasy world.
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The fabled Prophecy of St. Malachy ends with the next pope, who is described as leading the Catholic Church through a time of tremendous suffering that culminates in the destruction of Rome itself. That pope will ascend to the Chair of St. Peter in a few weeks, following the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. John Hogue discusses the significance of the resignation of the pope as it relates to the Prophecy of St. Malachy.
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The sudden resignation of the pope is just the latest among an increasing number of signs of great change all around us. According to the Prophecy of St. Malachy, to which the Church has been attentive for generations, the next pope, who will ascend to the Chair of St. Peter in just a few weeks, will be the last. In the past, Church leaders have often said and done things relating papacy after papacy to the prophecy. So, is Pope Benedict resigning because of old age, as he has said, or is there a deeper reason?

John Hogue and Whitley Strieber explore what happens AFTER the current pope resigns, and we enter the time of the last pope in the famed list. What should we expect? What does prophecy suggest? And what is the true meaning of apocalypse?
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