How do you respond to claims that the next Pope is the Antichrist?

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I’d say, “What are you smokin crack?” :eek: That usually makes them laugh.
 
Adamski said:
There is a Irish bishop from around 600 years ago according to mike gendron that has prophiced all of the popes names since then and the next is the anti Christ and the next popes name will be peterus romanos
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Yep, the Prophecy of the Popes by St. Malachy. It lists all the popes from when Malachy lived until who he saw would be the last pope. There were 112 of them in his prophecy (and descriptions are given for each of the future popes, so the one who comes after Benedict XVI would be the last. But it doesn’t say that the last pope will be an anti-Christ, but that “In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills * will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End.” Most scholars today and for the past several hundred years have considered that prophecy to be bologna though.

This makes me wonder, though. I’m a convert (from calvinism…the very people who are loudest about the pope being the anti-Christ lol…) so forgive my ignorance. Is it possible for a pope to be a false prophet. By false prophet I mean basically a bad leader, possibly even under the influence of an evil spirit, maybe leading people all over the world away from God in order to usher in persecution of the Church and end-times stuff?? Oh my goodness, I have my calvinist hat on. I’m a new Catholic and haven’t even thought much about end times stuff since converting. Wow this is confusing!*
 
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i.e. He’s somehow going to merge Catholicism with Islam and form a one-world government.The dogma of papal infallibility comes to mind- any other thoughts?
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Personally, I entertain foolish ideas with foolish replies. I usually point out that they have nothing to worry about since we’ve had hundreds of Popes and none of the stuff from Revelations has happened yet, which means we’ve utterly failed at finding a good Antichrist to put at the head of the Church. I add that based on our track record, they should rest easy.
 
Gary_Sheldrake said:
Personally, I entertain foolish ideas with foolish replies. I usually point out that they have nothing to worry about since we’ve had hundreds of Popes and none of the stuff from Revelations has happened yet, which means we’ve utterly failed at finding a good Antichrist to put at the head of the Church. I add that based on our track record, they should rest easy.
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Clarification - I didn’t mean that your question was foolish. I meant that the idea of the Pope being the Antichrist was foolish. Sorry if I wasn’t clear.
 
What I dont get, is that a lot of people don’t follow the church teachings, blaspheme it, call us the ‘whore’ of babylon, deny the real presence in the Eucharist,

BUT,
Oh no, when it comes to ‘the prophecy of the popes’ they just gobble it up. -___-

NO ON WILL KNOW THE DAY. NO ONE KNOWS THE HOUR. NO ONE. NOT EVEN ME, OR US, OR THE SAINTS! If the saints dont know, why would we?😉
 
There’s a new book called “Petrus Romanus: The Last Pope Is Here,” which is on the best selling lists and is being offered by online book sellers such as Amazon and BN.com. They say that St. Malachy’s prophecy about the next Pope being the last will come true. What’s your thoughts about this?
 
A pope is not going to be a candidate for Anti-christ. He will most likely be a secular person, who captures the world’s attention when the world needs a somebody like him to solve all the problems of a international nature. We have in place a secular governing unit to be used by him,most likely the UN.

As hurtful as it is going to sound, a pope would be a candidate to be the person refered to as the False Prophet…just read now and please no flaming…this is about a counterfeit catholic, a man of evil deceit…and they do exist within the vatican as hard as it is to admit…

This is not an anti-catholic statement. I am not saying anything against the faith. I am just saying that the whole vatican government could be used by someone who has worked their way up with false evil intentions and all the good men of faith have been fooled and used. It can happen. The vatican governing world wide system in place is the perfect tool.

Just as there is to be the secular anti-christ, there is to e a world wide “spiritual” leader, only it isn’t of the heavenly realm. Catholics must remain strong . Their whole world may be thrown into chaos. But if they can see their way through and recognize evil for what and who they are, God will be with them.

I know you wanted a better answer. Yes, the pope will not be Anti-christ. It doesn’t match the prophecies. But He can be the false prophet. But again I stress the point, this pope would be an evil man.
Your best way of answering, IMHO, is that to say the prophectic must be fulfilled exactly . God knows who is on His side and in the end, we win.
 
I had a seventh day adventist try telling me the pope was going to be the anti-christ. He got really confused when he saw how angry that claim made me.
 
Gricken said:
I had a seventh day adventist try telling me the pope was going to be the anti-christ. He got really confused when he saw how angry that claim made me.
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Here’s what you should say to him:
How would you like it if we called your mother or father every vile curse word in the book, and said how great it will be when they finally burn in Hell.
Well, thats how Catholics feel when you attack the Pope, Mary, or our Church.

Good manners are a thing of the past I guess.
 
JustaServant said:
Here’s what you should say to him:
How would you like it if we called your mother or father every vile curse word in the book, and said how great it will be when they finally burn in Hell.
Well, thats how Catholics feel when you attack the Pope, Mary, or our Church.

Good manners are a thing of the past I guess.
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I’ve said it before. Like most SDA’s though, he doesn’t understand (or doesn’t want to understand) the position of catholics. 🤷 It’s rare that I run into any difficulty with him. As an aside, my Methodist friend and Non-denominational friend are both praying for the Cardinals.
 
Iron_Donkey said:
Personally, I respond to such claims by trying not to laugh too hard in front of the person who made it.

Sometimes I don’t do that good of a job.

Seriously though, we’ve had a long history of people claiming that someone was the anti-Christ and that the world would end, and they’ve all been wrong. It’s a fruitless game. The world will end eventually, and we should be prepared, but there’s no reason to create conspiracy theories that pretend to tell us exactly when it will occur.
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Please I am not a member of the RCC but I think this is just nonsense. I am so tired of these “prophecy experts”. God save of from thier nonsense!!!
 
Well, EWTN brought up some things about who will be next pope, and the St. Malachi prophecies. One commentator said the new pope will be a surprise…John Paul II was, who previously was unknown. The new pope will resonate with so many people and for different reasons.

Another said, ‘Well, people are saying it was an omen that lightning struck the top of the Vatican hours after Pope Benedict’s resignation. Well, nothing was damaged on the Basilica. Nothing. So what.’
 
cajunhillbilly said:
Please I am not a member of the RCC but I think this is just nonsense. I am so tired of these “prophecy experts”. God save of from thier nonsense!!!
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yet the world will never end. There will be an end of the age as Jesus said.

And yet we still will arise to meet our Lord in the air. ; pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib, no-trib withstanding. This is prophecy.

And yet there will be a man known as Anti-christ and a man known as False Prophet. This too is prophecy

Yet Jesus Christ will return , riding on a white horse and we who are in heaven will be His army behind Him. Satan and his minions and his anti-christ and his false prophet will be judged and they will bend their knee before Him as He sits on David’s Throne in Jerusalem. this is prophecy

Not all who write about prophecy are nuts. Some are wrong and some are right. Regardless, some events have yet to be fulfilled.

Glory to God!!! We win. And a renewed earth will be re-born and Eden will be returned. Can’t wait to run my fingers through a lion’s mane and i want to ride a dinosaur.
 
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