On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:55:39 GMT, kilikini wrote:

> The Ranger wrote:
> > The Pope is here.
> >
> > Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was elected the 265th pontiff
> > today by the College of Cardinals. He was announced as tens of
> > thousands of people cheered in St. Peter's Square. Ratzinger has
> > chosen the name Benedict XVI, the Vatican announced. The announcement
> > came shortly after white smoke rose from the Vatican chimney and
> > bells rang to announce that a new pope had been selected.
> >
> > The Ranger
>
> Only one more predicted pope left; Peter the Roman. I've been trying to
> tell my friends that this one was going to be a Benedict from the Benedict
> sect, but no one believed me. Peter the Roman is purportedly the next and
> last one after this Benedict according to St. Malachy who has correctly
> predicted every pope in the Catholic Church history from back around 1138.
>

I've never heard of St. Malachy, but you made me look...
http://www.catholic-pages.com/grabbag/malachy.asp

So, after Peter the Roman, it's the end of the world or the end of the
Church?