{"id":16580,"date":"2025-05-11T23:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=16580"},"modified":"2025-05-11T23:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:51:35","slug":"is-pope-leo-xiv-the-final-pope-chilling-prophecy-sparks-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=16580","title":{"rendered":"Is Pope Leo XIV the final Pope? Chilling prophecy sparks debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"161\">Pope Leo XIV\u2019s election on May 8, 2025\u2014when Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope\u2014has brought both jubilation and unease to Catholics worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"370\">The stir is tied to a centuries-old prophecy by 12th-century mystic Saint Malachy, which foresees 112 popes ending with a \u201cPeter the Roman.\u201d Some fringe theorists now suggest Leo could be that final pontiff.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"533\">Scholars like Fr. James Weiss of Boston College dismiss Malachy\u2019s list as a likely forgery, pointing out that its mottos are too vague and often miss their mark.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"738\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Historians such as Jo\u00eblle Rollo-Koster note there\u2019s no real evidence Saint Malachy wrote these prophecies. For now, Leo\u2019s Peruvian-American heritage and papal agenda, not prophecy, will shape his tenure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV\u2019s election on May 8, 2025\u2014when Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope\u2014has brought both jubilation and unease to Catholics worldwide. 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