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TheresJustNoMoney

St. Malachy's Prophecy of the Popes likely actually has us good for several more Popes because there were some times when there were Antipopes, and several individuals claiming to be Pope at the same times.

Rome still hasn't burned to the ground and Pope Francis was supposed to be Peter the Roman, according to the old interpretations of the Prophecy.

There were Antipopes since Malachy, and several people claiming to be Popes at the same time after his prophecy was written.

So that means we still have some more Popes until Rome supposedly burns to the ground, but how many Popes do we have left when we no longer count the antipopes and co-Popes?

 

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[–]Ecstatic_Warthog2026 1 point 5 months ago 

If you're changing the popes the predictions applied to and somehow still keep them as accurate "predictions", then you've just showed the prophecy's predictive power is meaningless, because the words can be made to apply to literally anyone. After all, the prophecy isn't supposed to be just about how many popes there are, but about who they are.

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