The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-21
STRANGE PAPAL FORECAST.
Prophecies of st. Malachy Have n
Curious Significance.
From the Plttsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Now that the last days of Leo XIII, the
present Pope, appea to be at hand. specu-
lation as to his successor in the Vatican
becomes more and more keen. At 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 a decided ad-
vantage; the succession Is still an open
question.
AS a sidelight on the problem of choos-
ing a new Pope, which problem now be-
gins to interest the entire world, religious
and political, prophecies of st. Malachy
have a curious significance. st. Malachy
was an Irish archbishop, born in 1894. Ear
ly in his life he made series OF strange
Papal predictions. These ran from 11SO
commencing with Coelstlne H.. to the lend
of the world' which is to come after 10
popes following Leo XIII have served.
Some historians declare that st. NAL
achy never made these prophecies, but
made they certainly We're by someone, and
strangely enough, to the present day, each
has been fulfilled precisely. Pope after
pope for 800 years was predicted by Ma
lachy far back in the twelfth century. And
thus the ST. Malachy prophecy as regards
Leo's successor has something of weight,
especially since it indicates one of the
candidates at Rome.
This important parsonage in the Romish
Church, pointed to a bit of manuscript
800 years old, from the hand of a me-
daeval archbishop, as the successor of
Leo XIII, on the throne of St. Peter is
Cardinal Gotti. He is recognized as the
parsonage predicted because his crest is
Burning Fire" Qgnls Ardens). II was
by some such title as this that ST. NAL
achy designated those who were to be-
come pontiffs. The titles indicated some
noticeable traits of all future popes,
pointing unmistakabiy 10 one individual
and 70 one alone. As has been said, no
error has been found in these mystical
predictions.
Thus a certain party in the church de-
cares 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 a right to this
title. In the same way Pope Plus TX was
to be succeeded by Lumen de Coele (Light
from Heaven) That is the family crest
of Leo XIII, who, true to the predictions,
assembled the papal throne.
Curious as these predictions appear al
first sight, they are still more mystical
when looked into and verified. Taking
the popes of the present century alone
st. Malachy prophesied: Pereginus Apes
tolians apostolic Pngrim), Aquila Rapax
(Rapacious Eagle), Gains ct Coluber dog
and Serpent, Nir Religious (Man of Re
ligion), De Balneis Etrurie (from the
Baths of Tuscany, Crux de Cruce Gross
from the Cross. and Lumen de Coelo.
Now observe how history TALES with
this forecast. First came Pope Plus
VI whose exile and wanderings are well
recalled; then Plus VII, Chairormantic,
who had a black eagle on his coat of
arms and whose domain and finally whose
person 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, a Tuscan; Plus TX, who more than
any other Pope of recent years had to
bear a heavy cross During his pontih-
cation he was for time exiled, his do
minions despoiled and finally, In 1870 Vic
tor Emanuel marched into Rome, ending
practically his temporal power.
These prophecies St. Malachy winds up
in one dramatic outburst: During the
last persecution of the church, Peter II,
a 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"