De Gloriae Olivae
 

Okay, so here's a discussion for ya. The college of cardinals will be meeting in the next few days to appoint the next pope.

Understand first of all that I'm not a believer in astrology or occult, etc. However, I'm fascinated intellectually by the whole Nostradamus phenomenon. I've been scouring the net, trying to find Nostradamus' pope predictions, because it is said that he predicted all of them from his time forward, but only two more. Well, I haven't found anything that simply lays out the quatrains and translations specifically on popes, but I did find some references to "the glorious olive". One site says the pope predictions were written by St. Malachy (which would explain why I've been having difficulty finding the Nostradamus predictions, though many sites still claim he did predict the popes).

At any rate, I'd love to hear anyone's contributions to this discussion - either interpretations of "glorious olive", or presenting links to the source material I see, or perhaps a smashing down of this concept, like "hey stupid, here's the predictions and it's not time for glorious olive, here's what you should be looking at". Now, this is not a general discussion of whether you think ALL Nostradamus/St. Malachy predictions are bogus or not, but if you have information specifically pertaining to the papal predictions therein, you're welcome to debunk to your heart's content.

Now, here's my interpretation: I think it's in reference to skin color. I think the next pope will be African. The news keeps mentioning some Nigerian cardinal as a front-runner for the job, which seems to make sense.

Too pooped to pope. Have fun, popewatchers.

BABY TONY HAD SEEN IT

HAD SEEN IT IN A VISION...HAD SEEN THE DAY WHEN HIS HALF SISTERS AND BROTHERS WOULD GO OUT FROM UNDER THE FRONT PORCH AT BRENDA’S

GO OUT...COME BACK...GO OUT
(FIRST TO THE WALMART PARKING LOT AND THEN TO JC PENNY’S)...(HAVING FIGHTS WITH BIG LOUD BAPTIST WOMEN WHO HAD HOGGED THEIR SPOTS)...

(Donald Roller Wilson)

I think the next Pope's favorite drink will be the Martini - he will be famous for asking for extra olives at some heads of state function.

Or maybe he will be a closet Popeye fan hiding his secret love for Olive Oyl. ;)


But, seriously. I would love to see Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria succeed Pope John Paul II. I really like him.

Popeye's Pope? Yes!

We would have to call him Pope-eye.

Popeeye's Popee, yes?

Here is just one of many pages describing the prophecies. This page is skeptical, and there are few things I like better than a good skeptic. :p

Amen, Sister!