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The Perfect Terrorist Plan To Level The Twin Towers Created In
1976
American Free Press | March 20 2005
If completely confirmed 100% then this is THE smoking gun,
over and above Northwoods, the NORAD stand down, the
explosives in the buildings, any other piece of 9/11 evidence. It's
going to be interesting to see how they pass this one off as a
'coincidence' - we need to get this on newswires immediately.
This is the straw that could break the camel's back.
Our own U.S. Army devised a plan commissioned by Congress
to bring down the WTC using commercial airliners and box
cutters as weapons.
The laundry list of terrorist warnings handed to the Bush
administration prior to 9/11 makes the President and others look
like "bumbling idiots or a bunch of conniving criminals"
responsible for the mass murders at the Twin Towers and in
Afghanistan and Iraq.
These are the harsh words of Timothy McNiven, an outspoken
critic of the President's handling of 9/11 and a 29-year U.S.
Defense Department operative still under contract with the
government.
He says not only did the Bush administration purposely ignore Al
Q'aida in the months preceding the WTC attacks, but the
situation is even more disturbing, considering his military unit
way back in 1976 devised a mock terrorist attack of the Twin
Towers exactly like what occurred on 9/11.
McNiven, who first went public in an affidavit included in a
9/11-related federal conspiracy (RICO) lawsuit filed against
Bush and others in 2004, claims his unit was ordered to create
the "perfect terrorist plan" using commercial airliners as
weapons and the Twin Towers as their target.
The publicized version of the study, commissioned by Congress,
was to identify security lapses and submit corrective measures
to lawmakers. However, McNiven claims the real purpose of the
study was to brainstorm how to pull off the perfect terrorist attack
using the exact same 9/11 scenario.
The study, commissioned to C-Battery 2/81st Field Artillery, U.S.
Army, stationed in Strassburg, Germany in 1976, specifically
devised the scenario of the Twin Towers being leveled by Middle
Eastern terrorists using commercial airliners and even plastic
box cutters to bypass security.
To silence critics, McNiven has successfully passed a credible
lie detector test regarding his participation in the study as well as
other specific orders given to him by his superiors in case of a
real attack on the Twin Towers.
The head of the 1976 mock terrorist plan was Lt. Michael Teague
of Long Island, who McNiven says was given specific orders by
higher-ups in the military to use the Twin Towers as the terrorist
target.
McNiven said he has been unable to contact Lt. Teague, but was
interested in his opinion now that "the 9/11 attacks happened the
way we planned them in 1976."
"I remember Lt. Teague changed the scenario of the supposed
study from a 100 story building to the Twin Towers," recalled
McNiven, emphasizing that Lt. Teague was acting on specific
orders from unknown superiors.
"He then said he thought it was very strange to be asked to
devise a plan to blow up your own home town. But as I watched
the Twin Towers really collapse on the morning of September
11th, I realized I was watching the very same thing we devised in
the 1976."
Since that ominous realization, McNiven has devoted his entire
life to alerting the American public about the similarities between
9/11 and the 1976 study without much success, his story
basically being ignored by politicians and the mainstream
media.
"Why am I doing this? Why have I spent every waking hour trying
to bring this story to the American people?" asked McNiven,
claiming he still is following a strange direct military order given
to him more than 25 years ago.
"During the course of the terrorist plan we were devising, I made
the statement to Lt. Teague that if the WTC was ever attacked
like we planned, I'd go public. I was then physically assaulted
and told never to reveal anything we were doing regarding the
Twin Towers."
However, about a week later a strange turn of events occurred.
For no apparent reason, McNiven claims his superiors
completely changed their minds.
"I was given the direct order that if the Twin Towers were ever
attacked the way we discussed in the 1976 study, I was to do
everything in my power to bring the similarities to the attention of
the American people.
"I have no idea why they changed their minds, but I was then
emphatically told that this order was never to be rescinded -
never - because those who would rescind it, would be the very
same people who turned against the American people."
Besides taking a lie detector to verify his story, McNiven has
made public a detailed list of about 40 names of those
individuals who took part in the mock terrorist plan, including
Col. Robert Morrison, Maj. Joe Dipiero, Sgt. Middleton, Sgt.
Arroyo and many others.
"There were also people from the Defense Department and the
CIA who were monitoring the study, but I wasn't able to get their
names," he added.
Some of McNiven's most recent assignments with the Defense
Department include work on the Northwest Drug Task Force and
various other drug smuggling and weapons trafficking cases.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2005/200305terrorist
plan.htm

IS THE NEXT POPE, THE LAST POPE?

by James P. Dawson

The next Pope will be the last according to the
prophecies of St. Malachy. The line of Pontiffs have
almost come to an end. Malachy undertook to list in
advance the proper succession of Roman pontiffs from
Celestine II (1143) to "the end of the world."He did
not name them, but revealed the successors under
symbolic titles, set down in Latin. His prophecy
contained a motto for 111 Popes starting with
Celestine II (1143).
St. Malachy's family name was O'Morgair and he was
born in Armagh, Ireland, in 1094, more than one
thousand years ago. He was baptized as Maelmhaedhoc
(this name has been Latinized as Malachy) and he
studied under Imbar O'Hagan who later became the Abbot
of Armagh. In 1119 he was ordained priest by St.
Cellach (Celsus), studied under St Malchus and in 1123
he was elected Abbot of Bangor. A year later he was
consecrated Bishop of Connor and in 1132 he became
Primate of Armagh. However, according to Bander (18),
owing to intrigues, he had to wait two years before he
could finally take possession of the See of Armagh;
even then he had to purchase the Bachal Isu (staff of
Jesus) from Niall, the usurping lay-primate. He died
in 1148 at Clairvaux in the arms of St. Bernard.
Unlike the life of many saints, that of St. Malachy is
well documented because his contemporary, St. Bernard
of Clairvaux, acted as his biographer at the request
of the Abbot of Mellifont. St. Bernard describes
Malachy as distinguished for his meekness, humility,
obedience, modesty and as truly diligent in his
studies. He also tells us at length of Malachy
foretelling the day and hour of his death. The
Breviary in its office for the festival of St. Malachy
mentions that he was enriched with the gift of
prophecy.
The interested reader who wishes to study the life of
St. Malachy in greater depth and detail may wish to
read any of the numerous life stories which have been
written, particularly in the second half of the last
century. Therefore it is easy to find some detailed
accounts of the Saint's life written in those years.
It is believed that Malachy had his visions between
the end of 1139 and the beginning of 1140 during his
visit to Rome. He committed the visions to paper and
handed the manuscript to Pope Innocent II to comfort
the Holy Father in his afflictions. Innocent II placed
the manuscript in the archives where they remained
"unread" for nearly four centuries. This time frame
seems quite reasonable since Malachy started his
prophecies with Celestine II (1143).
Malachy's prophecies were printed in 1559 by the
Benedictine historian Arnold Wion in his book Lignum
Vitre, and the battle began over the authenticity and
authorship of the prophecies. In the seventeenth
century Father Menestrier, a famous Jesuit, claimed
the prophecies were written in 1590 by Cardinal
Simoncelli to influence the electors in favor of his
Cardinal choice for Pope. Cardinal Simoncelli was
Bishop of Orvieto, his birthplace, and the motto given
to him in the prophecies, Ex antiquitate urbis, is
simply an allusion to Orvieto (Latin: Urbs vetus). Fr.
Menestrier did not furnish any evidence to
substantiate his claim.
The scoffers, begin with the primary objection that
these writings were not even "discovered" for some
four-hundred odd years after Malachys' death in the
year 1148. They object further that he would surely
have told somebody about them, at least his good
friend St. Bernard of Clairvaux. But, the Vatican
records show the prophecies were entrusted to Pope
Innocent II in 1140. The reason for Pope Innocent II
keeping the documents and not releasing the
information is not known. However, the invention of
the printing press in 1455 enabled many copies to be
distributed, although the Vatican tried to suppress
its release. Interest in the prophecies is somewhat
cyclical in nature, tending to go up sharply when the
reigning pontiff grows extremely old or falls
dangerously ill.
Some say that it is easy enough to match up pope and
prophetic clue after the fact. The mottos presented by
Malachy usually referred to the coat of arms of the
pontiff, or to his birth place, or sometimes even his
physical actions, and sometimes to major events that
occurred during his reign as Pope. When Malachy wrote
Bos Albanus in Portu, he was probably referring to
Rodrigo Borgia, Alexander VI (1492- 1503), because of
"the pope's armorial bearings and his Cardinal titles
of Albano and Porto." He also behaved like a bull on
more than a few occasions so that the prediction "the
Alban bull at the port" is not only literally but
allegorically accurate. But the wicked Alexander is
grossly obvious; it takes a knowledge of the papacy
amounting almost to an obsession to realize that Picus
Inter Escas (A woodpecker among the food) was going to
turn out to be Nicholas IV. (1) Bander states that
during the conclave which was to elect John XXIII, a
certain Cardinal from the United States, (Cardinal
Spellman of New York) evidently having taken Malachy's
forecast that the next pope would be "pastor and
mariner" literally, rented a boat, filled it with
sheep and sailed up and down the Tiber. Pope John, as
bishop of Venice, had the maritime claim nailed down.
So there have been attempts by some Princes of the
Church to make the motto fit themselves or someone of
their choice. This seems to degrade the selection of a
new Pope by some placing their own desires above the
leading of the Holy Spirit. The prophecies are
consistently accurate, as shown from the following
examples published in "The Prophecies of St. Malachy."

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Pope PIUS VI, -1775 - 1799
Latin motto = PEREGRINUS APOSTOLICUS
Interpreted to mean - The pilgrim pope
Name - GIOVANNI ANNGELICO BRASCHI
Giovanni was born in 1717. He became Papal secretary
in 1755 and Clement XIV made him a Cardinal in 1755.
After this, he retired to the Abbey of Subiaco (of
which he was Abbot) until his election in the same
year. He died in 1799.
The legend is usually explained by the well known
facts of the Pope's life. His extremely long
Pontifical reign had led contemporary writers to refer
to him as the Apostolic Pilgrim on Earth.

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Pope PIUS VII, 1800 - 1823
Latin motto = AQUILA RAPAX
Interpreted to mean - A rapacious eagle
Name - BARNABA CHIARAMONT
This pope was born in 1740 and his elevation to the
Papacy was foretold, as Pius VII himself later
related, by his mother, who in 1763 had entered the
convent of Carmelites. Pius VI created him a Cardinal
in 1786 and the Conclave elected him Pope in 1800. He
died in 1823. The Pope's pontificate was overshadowed
by Napoleon whose emblem was the eagle.

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Pope BENEDICT X V, 1914-1922
Latin motto =RELIGIO DEPOPULATA
Interpreted to mean -Religion laid waste
Name - GIACOMO DELLA CHIESA
Born in 1854 he spent most of his life in the
diplomatic service. In 1907 he became Archbishop of
Bologna and in 1914 Cardinal and Pope. During the
First World War the Pope made many attempts to bring
about peace and to relieve suffering. He died in 1922.
The years of Pope Benedict's reign were overshadowed
by the death of millions of Christians in World War I.
1917 saw the beginning of the Russian revolution which
brought about the end of religious life in this
formerly most Christian country. Religio Depopulata is
one of Malachy's prophecies which has unfortunately
been fulfilled true to the letter of the word.

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Pope PIUS XI, 1922 - 1939
Latin motto = FIDES INTREPIDA
Interpreted to mean - Unshaken faith
Name - ACHILEE RATTI
Achille Ratti was born in 1857. He was appointed
Prefect of the Vatican Library in 1914, Papal Nuncio
to Poland in 1919 and Cardinal Archbishop of Milan in
1921. Elevated to the Papa he faced the rise of
Fascism and Communism in the Western world. He died in
1939. Recent publications of Vatican documents show
the tremendous pressure which was put on this Pope by
the dictators of Italy and Germany. Again one could
say that it was the Pope's "rides Intrepida" his
unshaken faith in what he believed to be right which
may have prevented even greater hardship than that
which befell the Catholic Church during his reign. His
courage at which Hitler sneered and raged and before
which Mussolini crumbled; his outspoken criticism
against Fascism and Communism which upset the ruthless
plans of the dictators, and his unshaken faith, all
sustained the Church in a period of the most severe
trials. Malachy's description appears to be a most
fitting one for Pope Pius XI.

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Pope PIUS XII, 1939-1958
Latin motto = PASTOR ANGELICUS
Interpreted to mean - An angelic shepherd
Name - EUGENTO PACELLI
Born in 1876 Eugenio Pacelli spent most of his career
in the diplomatic service. From 1917 until 1929 he was
Nuncio in Germany and in 1930 he became Cardinal
Secretary of State. His elevation to the Papacy in
1939 was a matter of formality because no other person
could have followed in the steps of his predecessor
more aptly. Pius XII died in 1958. Recent
publications, particularly that by Pinchas Lapide (
The Last Three Popes and the Jews, Souvenir Press,
1967) and the publication of the Vatican documents
relating to the reign of Pius XII, have given to the
world unshakable and irrefutable proof of this Pope's
greatness and spirituality. He was in the truest sense
of the word an Angelic Pastor to the flock committed
to his care, and his flock were all those who
suffered. In spite of the defamatory and scurrilous
allegations published about him in such contemporary
plays as The Representative by Rolf Hochhuth, Pius XII
has emerged as one of the great Popes of all time.
Although the contents of his visions have not yet
become public knowledge there is little doubt that his
affinity to the spiritual world was a very real and
close one. The description Pastor Angelicus is most
apt and one of the most descriptive ones in Malachy's
prophecies.

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Pope JOHN XXIII, 1958 - 1963
Latin motto = PASTOR ET NAUTA
Interpreted to mean - Pastor and mariner
Name - ANGELO GIUSEPPE RONCALLI
Born in 1881 Giuseppe Roncalli spent many years as
Apostolic Delegate and Nuncio in Turkey, Greece,
Bulgaria and France. In 1953 he was created a Cardinal
and appointed Patriarch of Venice and in 1958 the
Conclave elected him Pope. In 1962 he convened the
second Vatican Council and his Encyclical Pacem in
Te'Tis (1963) is considered one of the greatest
documents of our time. He died in 1963. Pope John was
the pastor of the world and perhaps more loved by
Catholics and non-Catholics alike than any other Pope
in history. Malachy's legend Pastor et Nauta points
immediately to the See of Venice which indeed he
occupied as Patriarch before his elevation to the
Papacy.

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Pope PAUL VI , 1963 - 1968
Latin motto = FLOS FLORUM
Interpreted to mean - Flower of flowers
Name - GIOVANNI BATTISTA MONTINI
Born in 1897 he worked with his predecessors in the
papal Secretariat of State and became Pro-Secretary of
State in 1952. He was appointed Archbishop of Milan
and Cardinal in 1958. In 1963 the Conclave elected him
Pope. Malachy's legend appears to be an obvious
allusion to the Pope's armorial bearings which show
three fleurs-de-lis. The following four prophecies
have still to be fulfilled: He died on August 6, 1978.

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When Bander edited the Prophecies of Malachy, Pope
Paul VI was still alive and all that was known of the
next three Popes were the mottos given by St. Malachy.
Bander summarized the comments of the previous writers
on Malachy as given below.
(Remember that he and the others were speculating on
future Popes. I have filled in the information on the
Popes since Paul VI. This information is contained
within the brackets in bold print.)

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Pope JOHN PAUL I, 1978 - 1978 (34 days)
Latin motto = DE MEDIETATE LUNAE
Interpreted to mean - Of the half moon
Name - ALBINO LUCIANI
(Bander's comments) This may be both an allusion to
armorial bearings as well as an indication of some
great event concerning those whose religious life is
lived under the sign of the half moon. The
speculations in which one could engage here are
numerous, particularly at a time when the Middle East
situation might well prove to be the most dangerous
threat to peace in the present times. Such a conflict
might well lead to a "Holy War" which would be fought
under the half moon and would have devastating effects
and repercussions on Muslim and Christians alike.
( Added information - Albino Luciani was born Oct 17,
1912, in Forno di Canale, Italy and died September 28,
1978 in Rome. John Paul I was pope for 34 days, which
was the shortest pontificate in modern times. He was
the first pope to choose a double name and did so in
commemoration of his two immediate predecessors, John
XXIII and Paul VI. He was born of a poor family,
graduated from the Gregorian University in Rome and
was ordained a priest in 1935. He was appointed bishop
of Vittorio in 1958, archbishop of Venice in 1969, and
a cardinal in 1973. He was elected pope on Aug 26,
1978, the first pope with a pastoral rather than a
diplomatic or scholarly background. He died of a heart
attack on September 28, 1978.)

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Pope JOHN PAUL II, 1978 -
Latin motto = DE LABORE SOLIS
Interpreted to mean - (a) From the toil of the sun (b)
Of the eclipse of the sun
Name - KAROL WOJTYLA
Bander indicates that the election of this Pope will
probably take place within the next two decades. It is
difficult to decide on an interpretation because the
two different translations given above allow for two
entirely different trends of thought. In the
introduction, have already dismissed the possibility
of Malachy's legend being a reference to Matthew
24:5-29, and as I have said before, this may well be
an allusion to the armorial bearings of the person to
be elected. However, in order to interpret Malachy's
legend, if it were to be translated "of the eclipse of
the sun", I have made some enquiries concerning those
full eclipses of the sun between 1970 and 1990 and
discovered that there will be sixteen eclipses within
those twenty years. Eclipses are far too numerous to
exclude ambiguity. The question here would be where
this eclipse could be seen. Somehow it is unlikely
that the place of the Conclave (Rome) qualifies,
because the next eclipse visible in Central and
Southern Europe will not take place until the 11th
August 1999.
De labore solis allows for more than just these two
translations: the laboring sun is a sun that radiates.
I do not think that within the next decades the Church
will be progressive enough to elect a pope from the
African countries which might be yet another
explanation. I am therefore convinced there must be a
youngish bishop bearing the blazing sun, probably
amongst other heraldic devices, in his coat of arms.
However, it stands to reason that it will not be the
sun but his qualification and piety which will be the
decisive factors that cause the Sacred College to
elect him as successor to St. Peter.
(Added Information - Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18,
1920, in Wadowice, Poland. He is the first non-Italian
pope in 456 years. He was ordained on November 1, 1946
and earned a doctorate in ethics at the Angelicum
University in Rome. He was made auxiliary bishop in
1958 and Archbishop in 1964 of Krakow and Cardinal in
1967. He was elected the first Polish pope on October
1978. He speaks eight languages and has travel more
than any other pope in history.)

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Pope ?
Latin motto = GLORIA OLIVAE
Interpreted to mean - The glory of the olive
Name - ?
Olive branch has always been associated with peace and
this description might have been most fittingly
applied to Pope Pius XII as a reference to his coat of
arms. There is little doubt that this legend can be
more easily explained in the future than the one
before. Some medieval interpreters have gone out of
their way to stress that Malachy in his prophecies
does not specifically mention that no Popes shall
reign between Gloria Olive and the last Petrus
Romanus; nor on the other hand does he mention that
there will be others.
< Note: As stated earlier the original prophecies of
Malachy did not contain the Petrus Romanus motto - it
was added after the 1820 publication of the
prophecies. >
The Order of St Benedict has claimed by tradition that
this pope will come from within the Order. St Benedict
himself has prophesied that before the end of the
world comes about, his Order will triumphantly lead
the Catholic Church in its fight against evil. The
Order of St Benedict is also known as the OLIVETANS,
which may well account for another interpretation of
the prophecy.


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PETRUS ROMANUS
The final legend is self-explanatory and The
Prophecies of St. Malachy conclude with this short but
fascinating prophecies as follow:
"In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church
there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his
flock among many tribulations; after which the seven
hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge
will judge the people".

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Peter Bander's interpretations, are considered as the
authoritative version, and he states that one should
not "extend to them (the prophecies) the same
reverence you may extend to the Gospels." When Peter
Bander made his commentary on the prophecies of
Malachy, he stated: "What disturbs me and should
disturb the reader to an equal degree is that after
"Flower of Flowers," that is to say after Paul VI,
there are only three more prophecies. Whoever he turns
out to be, Petrus Romanus will be the last. Time is
running out. It's later than we all think. The end of
the world is at hand."
One of the strong objections against the prophecies of
Malachy in certain Catholic circles appears to be the
fact that among the successive popes mentioned, appear
the reference to the antipopes. Although two of them
are clearly marked as schismatic, Coruas
Schismaticusthe schismatic crow, and Schisma
Barchinonicum (he was a Canon of Barcelona), the
others take their place among the legitimate popes
without any special mention of their peculiar
position.
Although the theory that the prophecies of Malachy
might be 16th century forgeries has been put forward
from time to time, it is of particular interest that
one of the most respectable and outstanding historians
of the 16th century seems to have accepted them
completely. Onofrio Panvinio, who had fumed down
episcopal honors, became corrector and reviser of the
Vatican Library in 1556. Most interpreters of Malachy
rely on his "Epitome Romanorum Pontificum" when
commenting on the first sixty-nine popes on Malachy's
list. This book was written in the reign of Pope Paul
IV. Among the 111 (112) Popes mentioned by Malachy are
ten antipopes who all fall into the period between
Alexander III (1159) and Nicolas V (1447). This alone
makes the theory that the prophecies originated in the
16th century unlikely. Another problem that has been
raised in the Catholic community concerns the length
of time the Pope serves. They indicate that Popes John
Paul I and John Paul II should be considered as one
Pope in the prophecies because of John Paul I's short
reign as Pope and John Paul II's choice of a name.
However, Pope Gregory VIII was Pope for only 27 days
and Celestine IV was Pope only 15 days and they are
included and counted in Malachy's listing of the
Popes.
The problem with the prophecies as listed in The
Prophecies of St. Malachy, published by the Thomas A.
Nelson, a Catholic Publishing House, is that Malachy's
original works listed only 111 Popes, not 112, as
given in the TAN version of the prophecies. Sometime
between the first and subsequent printings the 112th,
Petrus Romanus, was added to Malachy's prophecy.
These prophecies are consistent with a pattern woven
from the various saintly prognostications, the
sibylline oracles, quasi-secular and folk predictions,
and Biblical prophecy. This pattern becomes highly
discernible upon a reading of such recent works as The
Book of Destiny (1955), Prophecy for Today (1956),
Catholic Prophecy (1970), History of Antichrist
(1968), The Prophets and Our Times (1943), and The
Reign of the Antichrist (1951). The Prophecies of St.
Malachy, in adding weight and credence to the
prophecies of St. Malachy, at the same time further
develops and enlarges the picture gained from other
sources about the times we live in and the events, it
would seem, we are about to witness.
Bander added two excellent contributions toward
interpreting the last three prophecies, as given
above; namely, he has suggested that De Medietate
Lunae ("Of the Half of the Moon") could well indicate
a Pope reigning during a time of strife with the
Moslems; this is exactly the conclusion of Mr. Dupont
in Catholic Prophecy (TAN, 1970). Their comments were
made almost a decade before John Paul I was elected
Pope. His reign was just over a month and during his
pontificate Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt and
Menachem Begin, the Prime Minister of Israel,
negotiated and signed the Camp David Accords. These
agreements led to a negotiated peace between their two
nations, the first between Israel and any of its Arab
neighbors. Bander and Dupont were very close in their
analysis. If the motto "De Medietate Lunae" is taken
literally as "the middle of the month" (John Paul I's
reign), then the first event toward peace in the
Middle East would apply. The fact that the crescent
moon is also in most Arab flags is an added feature
that points to the Moslem nations, possibly being
involved in the fulfillment of this motto.
In 1856 one interpreter, who signs himself 'a son of
St Jarbath', is not quite sure how to translate De
labore solis Latin legend. He cannot find any
explanation if he were to translate it as `of the
laboring sun', and so he tells us that De labore solis
obviously refers to an eclipse of he sun, quoting from
Matthew 24:29"The sun shall be darkened and the moon
shall not give her light". Bander discounted he
meaning of De labore solis as "of the eclipse of the
sun" because there were numerous eclipses during the
next 20 years (from his writing in the late 60's) and
when one looks at prophecy it appears that many events
were required before the Matthew 24:29 event.(11)
However, looking at the interpretation of "of the
eclipse of the sun" in today's world environment and
at the age and physical condition of Pope John Paul
II, the motto takes on new emphasis. John Paul II has
been the most active Pope, of any Pope in history, in
"his labor under the sun" for the church of. His
knowledge of languages and his extensive travel on all
continents has reaffirmed the basic Catholic views on
abortion, use of contraceptives, divorce, political
activities of the clergy and the adherence to
celibracy.
It is also interesting to note that there is only one
more solar eclipse that will occur in southern Europe
during the remainder of this millennium. It occurs on
11 August, 1999.
Also Nostradamus, (9) a sixteenth century seer, in his
prophecies predicts:
In the year 1999 and seven months, from the skies
shall come an alarmingly powerful king, To raise again
the great King of the Jacquerie, Before and after,
Mars shall reign at will. Century X, Quatrain 72
The year seven of the great number being past, There
shall be seen he sports of he ghostly sacrifice, Not
far from the great age of the millennium, That the
buried shall come out of their graves. Century X
Quatrain 74
The question is "Does the pontificate of John Paul II
continue till August, 1999?"
These predications closely follow the Scripture
dealing with the Antichrist and the Second Coming of
our Lord, Jesus Christ.
During this same period a major alignment of the
stars, the astrological formation known as the Grand
Cross, will occur. Stephen Skinner in his book
Millennium Prophecies (10) writes:
"On 18 August 1999 the Sun, Mercury and Venus will be
in the zodiacal sign Leo, the Lion with the moon and
Mars in Scorpio, the Eagle with Pluto closely
alongside in Sagittarius, Jupiter and Saturn in
Taurus, the Bull with Uranus and Neptune in Aquarius,
the Water Bearer. The four signs in which he planets
are quartered are the four beasts of the Apocalypse of
St. John, the four heads of the cherubim of Ezekiel,
and the four symbols for the so-called four last
things."
Professor Hidxeo Itokawa, a Japanese rocket scientist,
indicates that this Grand Cross arrangement of planets
will cause widespread environmental devastation. He
bases this on the results of the alignment of Neptune
and Uranus in March 1993 and the occurrence of the
"single biggest blizzard storm this century" resulting
in the massive floods of the spring of 1993. Do these
phenomena play a part in the prophecy of St. Malachy?
Concerning Gloria Olivae ("The Glory of the Olive"),
Mr. Bander points out that the Order of St. Benedict
is otherwise known as the "Olivetans" and that their
tradition holds that this Pope will be of their order.
Mr. Dupont's conclusions and those of others,
reinforce Mr. Bander regarding the Gloria Olivae, for
this would seem to be none other than that
miraculously designated Pope who, after a horrible
period of world turmoil, will, by his exemplary
holiness, convert masses of people and leaders of
nations to the Roman Catholic Church. During his
pontificate there will be "one fold and one
shepherd."(12)
It has also been proposed that the Glory of the Olive
is Christ, Israel being referred to as the Olive tree
and Christ the Glory of Israel. If this meaning is
accepted then the next Pope would be Jesus and he
would reign at His second coming. This would negate
the idea of Petrus Romanus, but would make the listing
of the Popes consistent with the original Malachy
prophecies of 111 Popes.

The possible scenarios are:
Scenario I . If the prophecies are as described in The
Prophecies of St. Malachy, published by TAN in 1969,
which lists 112 mottos for the Popes "to the end of
time" are correct. Then John Paul II will be replaced
by another Pope whose pontificate will be denominated
by the Olive Branch, the symbol of peace. The number
of Popes from Gloria Olivae to Petrus Romanus would be
unknown. In my opinion this is why the Petrus Romanus
was added to the original prophecies of Malachy. This
scenario would make the Catholic Church very happy,
because it would indicate a continuing future for the
Church. But, it negates the original set of prophecies
and is not based on Malachy's mottos.
Scenario II . If the original version of Malachy's
prophecies are accepted, indicating there are only 111
Popes from Celestine II (1143) to the "end of time".
Then this would require that the Gloria Olivae be
Christ, since the church considers the last Pope, the
head of the church, to be Jesus at His Second Coming.
The Scriptures indicate that at the Second Coming, He
would put down His enemies and usher in a Millennium
of peace. This scenario has some built in problems.
Before Christ returns and establishes His Kingdom,
before He stands on Zion (13), the seven year
tribulation period has to be completed (14). But,
before the seven year period begins the Antichrist
must come into power (15), after the believers are
raptured. (16) At this point the Antichrist
establishes the False Church as indicated in
Revelation 17. I believe the Bible is the inerrant
Word of God, I do not have the assurance that the
prophecies of Malachy are inerrant or that they were
inspired by God. This belief requires that I accept
the time frame from the rapture of the believers to
Christ's literal return and standing on Zion must be
at least 7 years, the tribulation, and that it also
involves a probable length of time for the Antichrist
to come into power. The Scripture does not give a time
frame for the Antichrist's rise to power, but one
could assume it to be from 3.5 to 7 years, based on
the time frames of the tribulation. Please understand
that the seven year time frame is Scriptural but the
time for the Antichrist to rise is speculation. In any
event, for this scenario to work the present Pope, who
is in frail health, must live at least another 10
years.
IS THIS PROBABLE?
Scenario III
.One solution that has been proposed is that John Paul
I does not count as one of the 111 popes in Malachy's
prophecies. This would mean that John Paul II would
have the motto De Medietate Lunae and it would
indicate the rise of the Islamic nations and their
religion during his pontificate. Then there would be
two more popes and the entire discussion is delayed
until the next pope is identified and the world
conditions at his election are known. However, as
stated above these short term popes have been counted
in the past and this would tend to negate the rational
for this scenario. If this scenario is accepted, the
prophecies of Malachy does not apply.
Scenario IV.
Another possible scenario is quite distasteful to the
supporter of the Prophecies of Malachy, but which
could meet all of the parameters including the
required Scriptural time frames. The many detractors
of the prophecies may be right. None of the writings
have questioned the source of the information provided
to Malachy. For the mottos to have been so accurate,
it is necessary for Malachy to receive the information
in a supernatural way. But was it from God or another?
Satan has been noted for presenting information that
is 98 percent correct, but the remaining two percent
leads the recipient astray. When Satan tempted Christ,
all the things he promised he could have delivered, he
was Prince of this World. It appears that 110 mottos
were near perfect in representing their respective
popes, but are we misinterpreting the 111th? We have
all looked at the Popes as being Godly men, but could
the 111th be something else. We know from Revelation
that a well known and recognized religious leader, the
False Prophet, is going to point to the Antichrist and
tell the world that this man is the savior of the
world. He will be imitating John the Baptist and will
identify the false Christ. The Antichrist who has come
into power through lying and deceit and working great
miracles will claim to be God and will want to be
worshipped. He will bring "peace" to the world by
ironclad control of religion, Revelation Chapter 17
and the world's economy, Revelation Chapter 18. If the
rapture occurs before the Antichrist is revealed (see
article on the Rapture of the believers), then all the
believers are gone. There is no one left on earth, in
any church, that knows Jesus the Christ as his Lord
and Savior. We are all gone. This includes the church
leaders. The Catholic Church and the other Christian
churches will still have many members who have
accepted Jesus only in an intellectual since, but not
as Lord, and the Antichrist will have a built-in world
wide system for economic control, and to establish the
false religion. The False Prophet will be a false Pope
over a flock of nonbelievers. If the believers
including the Catholic hierarchy are raptured, the
next head of the "church", the False Prophet, the
False Pope, would offer peace to the world, in keeping
with the prophecies of Malachy. The end time events
would start and the rapture sequence, Figure 1, would
commence. If people accept the prophecies of Malachy
as being inspired by God, then they will probably
accept the Antichrist as the Messiah. The other
occurrences at the turn of the millennium, the
eclipse, the Grand Cross, etc. would be in line with
the events described in Revelation. Satan through a
false prophecy could lead many astray. If this
scenario is accepted then the Rapture is tied to the
end of John Paul II's pontificate.
IS THIS THE MOST PROBABLE SCENARIO?

SCENARIO V
The most probable scenario is that the original
prophecies of St. Malachy (111 popes) are correct and
at the passing of John Paul II the college of
Cardinals will elect another Pope, who meets the motto
Gloria Olivae, and world peace becomes a reality. But
from Scripture we know that the believers are taken
out, then if this new Gloria Olivae pope is a believer
he is gone in the Rapture. This would leave the
"churches" without believing leaders. The False
Prophet would rise in power and support the Antichrist
in his quest for worship. The False Prophet must have
world wide acceptance as a religious leader. At this
time only the Pope and Billy Graham meet this
requirement and both are in poor health. The False
Prophet must be physically capable of functioning
through the rise of the Antichrist, the tribulation
and an additional 995 days, since he is put in the
Lake of Fire until after Christ has put down His
enemies. (17) The Catholic Church and the other
churches, as churches of God would cease to exist. In
my opinion the existing infrastructure of the world
wide Catholic Church will be the basis of new False
Church, Babylon the Harlot. The believers have been
raptured.
SCENARIO VI
A possible scenario, but the most distasteful for the
Catholic Church, is that the original prophecies of
St. Malachy (111 popes) are correct and at the passing
of John Paul II the college of Cardinals elects a Pope
who is not a true believer and he becomes the false
Prophet. This could be devastating to the Catholic
believers between the election of the Gloria Olivae
Pope and the Rapture. This would indicate that the
prophecies of Malachy were not from the Lord. If he
(the Gloria Olivae) is a false pope, it will be
extremely detrimental to the marginal or carnal
Christians. A large portion of the Catholics (968
million) will accept the Gloria Olivae Pope as the
Vicar of Christ and if he is the false prophet, he
will turn them to the Antichrist and indicate he (the
Antichrist) is the Savior of the world. This would be
the False Religion of Revelation 17, Babylon the
Harlot.
WHERE DO YOU STAND.
See Vatican Agreement for more insight on the
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Cited References:
(1)The Prophecies of Malachy, Peter Bander, TAN Books
and Publisher, 1969.Return
(2) The Catholic Encyclopedia, Robert C. Borderick,
ed., Thomas A. Nelson Publisher, 1987.
(3) The Bad Popes, E. R. Chamberlin, Dorset Press,
1969.
(4) The Vicars of Christ, Peter De Rosa, Crown
Publishers, 1988.
(5) The Electronic Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1997.
(6) Essential Catholicism, Thomas Bokenkotter, Image
Books, 1985.
(7) A Concise History of the Catholic Church, Thomas
Bokenkotter, Image Books, 1983.
(8) Catholic Prophecy, MR Dupont, TAN, 1970.
(9) The Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus, Henry C.
Roberts, Crown Publishers, 1945-1994.Return
(10) Millennium Prophecies, Stephen Skinner, Barnes
and Noble Books, 1997.Return
(11) Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the
tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars
shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the
Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of
the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of with power and great glory.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, heaven and they shall gather together his
elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to
the other.Return
(12)John 10:16. And other sheep I have, which are not
of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall
hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one
shepherd. Return
(13) Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb
stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty
and four thousand, having his Father's name written in
their foreheads.Return
(14) Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the
tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars
shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the
Son of man in heaven: and hen shall all the tribes of
the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound
of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the
other.
Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with
many for one week: and in the midst of the week he
shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,
and for the overspreading of abominations he shall
make it desolate, even until the consummation, and
that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.Return
(15) Daniel 11:40-45 And at the time of the end shall
the king of the south push at him: and the king of the
north shall come again him like a whirlwind, with
chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and
he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow
and pass over. He shall enter also into the glorious
land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but
these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and
Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. He shall
stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and
the land of Egypt shall not escape. But he shall have
power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and
over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans
and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. But tidings
out of the east and out of the north shall trouble
him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to
destroy, and utterly to make away many. And he shall
plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas
in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to
his end, and none shall help him. Return
(16) Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word
of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of
temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to
try them that dwell upon the earth.
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a
door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I
heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me;
which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee
things which must be hereafter. Return
(17) Revelation 19:20 And the beast was captured, and
with it the false prophet who in its presence had
worked the signs by which he deceived those who had
received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped
its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake
of fire that burns with sulfur.Return
(18)The Prophecies of Malachy, Peter Bander, TAN Books
and Publisher, 1969.Return
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