Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-10-30
STRANGE FATAL FORECAST. The Prophecies of St. Malachi Have Curious Significance Each Fulfilled.
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Now that the last days of Leo XIII, present pope. appear to be at hand, speculation as to his successor In the vatican becomes more and more keen Al least six of the great cardinals of the church are talked of. one after the other of them put forward with much skill. No candidate can as yet be said to have d decided advantages the suc- cesson is still an open question
 As q side light on the problem of choosing new pope. which problem now begins to interest the entire world. religious and political. the prophecies of St. Malaehy have cu- rious significance. St. Maluchy was m Irish archbishop. born in i094. Early in his fife he made series of strange papal predictions. These ran from il30, commencing with Coeiestine H.. to the lend of the world" which Is to come after ten popes following Leo XIII. have served
 Some historians declare that St. . Malachy never made these prophecies. bu, made they certainly were by some one and. strangely enough to thet present day each has been fulfilled pre- eisely Pope after pope for 500 years was predicted by Malachy far back i'm the twelfth century And thus the St. Malachy prophecy IS regards Lco's successor has something of weight, es- peeially since il indicates one of tho candidates at Rome.
 This important parsonage in the Romsh church. pointed to in blt of manuscript s00 years old. from tho hand of medieval archbishop. as the successor Of Leo XIII on the throne of { | St. Peter, is Cardinal Gotti. lie l2z recognized as the parsonage predicted# l because his crest is Turning Fire"H Z 1 ugnis Ardens). Ii was by some such4 < title as this that St. Malachy desig-A' mated those who were to become pon-8' tiffs. The titles indicated some notice-8 able traits of all future popes. poiptin9E | unmistaka bly to one individual. and toIz l one alone. As has been said. no erroY has been found in these mystical pre# l dlctions.
 Thus a certain party in the chnrc1 | declares that Cardinal Gotti will in3& fallibly become the nexf pope. For the text of St Malachy the comina# pontiff is Ignis Ardens. Gotti alon8 has right to this title. In the sam
 way Pope Plus K. was Q be succeede8 by Lumen de Coelo Qight from Hea]E en). That is the family crest of LeI l XIII, who. true to the predictions. all cended the papal throne.
 Curious as these predictions appe at first sight. they are still more my33| l tical when looked into and verifif8
 Taking the popes of the present eel
 tury alone. St Malachy prophesie1;f < | Pereginus Apostolians Apostolic IF l grim), Aquila Rapnx (RapacioI
 Eagle), Canis ct Coluber (Dog and sd l pent). vir Religiosus (Man of Rsi gion). De Balneis Etrurie (From < Baths of Tuscany. Crux de cruk
 Gross from the Cross) and Lumen Coelo.
 Now. observe how history tallE@ 1 with this forecast. First came pdE
 Plus VI, whose exile and wandcril2
 are well recalled; then Plus y1
 Chiarormantic. who had black ea'z * on his coat-of-arms and whose doIB # and finally whose person was seiI by Napoleon, the eagle of Euro5
 then Leo XII. watchful, prudent ss
 faithful. like the two animals n I'
 toned; then Plus VIII. CaStigIio1
 most pious and religious pontiff; 0 1s y ory XVI, Tuscan; Plus TX. *1
 more than any other pope of red years, had 10 bear heavy cross. I z
 ing his pontifcate he was for q f2 ]
 exiled. his dominions despoiled, l finally. in 1870. Victor Ema3s
 marched into Rome, ending pracf
 ly his temporal power. Ss
 Of Leo XIII, pope. the proph ecY
 already been traced. Ten popes aS
 him does St. Malachy name These3 E
 after Ignis Ardens, Religio Desp
 lata Religion Depopulatel) Fide3 E
 trepida Qntrepid Faith). Pastor
 gelicans Pastor and Sailor).
 Florum (Flower of Flowers) Dc SI|
 dictate Lune (Trom the Haif o :z| 1 Moon), De Lahore Soils fFrom tI
 bor or Eclipse of the sun) Gloria Es (Glory of oline). Petrus EonI (Peter of Rome).
 These prophecies St. Malachyx <. mp in one dramatic outburst: '!
 the last persecution of the q 4!x Peter IT., Roman, shah reign
 shall feed the flock in many tri | tions, at the end of which the c
 Seven Hills (Rome) will be deStI s@e and the awful Judge shall iudg people"