The evening times., 1898-11-04
PAPAL PROPHECIES.

| Now that the last days of Pope Leo
appear TO be at hand, prophecies as to
| his successor in the Vatican become
more and more keen. At least six of the
great cardinals of the church are talked
of, one after the other of them put for
ward with much skill No candidate can
| as yet be said to have a decided adyant-
age; the succession Is still an open ques-
| ton.
AS sidelight on the problem OF
choosing a new Pope, which problem now
begins to interest the entire world, reli-
gious and political, prophecies OF st. NAL
achy have curious significance. st.
Malachy was an Irish archbishop, born
in 1894 Early In his life he made a se-
ries of strange Papal predictions. These
ran from ll3o, commencing with Celestine
III, to the lend of the world which Is
TO come after ten Popes following Leo
XIII, have served.
Some historians declare that st. Mala-
chy never made these prophecies, but
made they certainly were by some one.
and, strangely enough, TO the present day,
each has been fulfilled precisely. Pope
after Pope, for 800 years, was predicted
tury. And thus the st. Malachy proph-
ecy as regards Leo's successor has some
thing of weight, especially since 1t indi-
Gates one of the cardinals at Rome.
Ihls important parsonage in the Catholic
Church, pointed to in a bit of manu-
script 500 years DID, from the hand of a
mediaeval archbishop, as the successor
OF Leo XIII on the throne of St. Peter
is Cardinal Gotti. He is recognized as
= ypar
is Burning Fire" Qgnius Ardens) Ii
was by some such title as this that st.
Malachy designated those who were to
become Pontiffs. The titles indicated some
noticeable traits of all future Popes,
pointing unmistakably to one individual,
and to one alone. AS had been said no
error has been found in these mystical
predictions.
Thus a certain party in the church de-
clares that Cardinal Gotti will infallibly
become the next Pope. For in the text
of st. Malachy the coming pontiff is Ignis
Ardens. Gotti alone has right TO this
title In the same way Pope Plus TX was
TO be slcceeded by Lumen de Coelo
dight from Heaven). That is the family
crest of Leo XIII, who, true to the pre-
dictions, ascended the papal throne.
Curious as these predictions appear at
first sight, they are still more mystical
"ilSH IOOhtu Iillo ana verified - IdElNS
the Popes of the present century alone
St Malachy prophesied Pereginus> Apos-
tolians (Apostolic Pilgrim, Aquila Ra-
pax, tRapacious Eagle, CAMS ct Coluber
Dog and Serpent Vir Relgiosus tMan
of Religion, De Balneis Etrurie CFrom
the Baths of Tuscany, Crux de Cruce
Gross from the Cross, and Lumen de
Coelo.
Now observe how history tallies with
this forecast. First came Pope Plus VI.
whose exile and wanderings are well re-
called; then Plus VII, Chairormantic who
had black eagle on his coat OF arms
and whose domain and finally whose per-
son was seized by Napoleon, the Eagle
of Europe; then Leo XII, watchful pru-
dent and faithful like the two animals
mentioned; then Plus VIII, Castiglioni a
most pious and religious pontiff: Gregory
XVI, Tuscan: Plus TX, who more than
any Pope of recent years had TO bear a
heavy cross. During his pontitication he
was for time eXiled, his dominion de-
spoiled, and finally, in 1870, Victor Eman-
uel marched into Rome, ending PRACTICAL
ly his temporal power
These prophecies st. Malachy winds up
in one dramatic outburst: During the
last persecution of the church Peter II.
Roman, shall reign. He shall feed the
flock in many tribulations, at the end of
which the City of Seven Hills (Rome)
will be destroyed. and the awful Judge
shall judge His people"