NOSTRADAMUS and CATHOLIC PROPHECY: THE POPE PROPHECIES
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam! Qui sibi nomen imposuit: Franciscum, 'Ingis ardens'
The number of papal prophecies made by various prophets over the centuries are so many and so varied that I will probably never cover them all in my remaining lifetime. Thus this feature page will likely never be truly completed.
Nostradamus, Quatrain 2.97: The Prophecy of the City Between Two Rivers and The Blooming of The Rose
Nostradamus, Quatrain 2.97 ~
Roman Pontiff beware of your approaching,
The city where two rivers arouse,
Your blood will come from the spitting,
You and yours when the Rose will flourish.
Whenever Pope Francis, or any future pope, chooses to venture into the Mesopotamian "land between two rivers," then I must revert to the original premise of the Pope John Paul II page when it was created in May 1999 to warn the late pope of possible assassination if he visited Iraq. At that time, a planned trip to visit Iraq the previous year in 1998 had been cancelled as preparations for a three-day bombing campaign of Baghdad and outlying cities over weapons inspections violations were underway, making such a trip impossible. Another trip planned for 2000 was cancelled by Saddam Hussein himself.
I never believed the nation or the region was safe for a papal visit then and still believe it to be inherently dangerous despite a safe trip made to Iraq by Pope Francis during the first week of March 2021. In my blog I explained the timing was right due to details in prophecy that spring, especially the time when roses are in bloom, is the time to avoid certain cities and regions watered by two rivers, especially places caught up in war, other military actions, civil war, terrorism, or revolution. Early March, still officially winter, with Iraq reasonably pacified, was safe for the time being.
You can read my views about the Pope's pending March 2021 trip to Iraq on my blog at Why Quatrain 2.97 Sets Off Alarm Bells When the Pope Says He Will Visit Iraq, WARNING TO THE POPE: THE REAL CITY WATERED BY TWO RIVERS MAY BE ERBIL, and (just in time to allow everyone to relax before the trip) "The Rose": Despite Nostradamus' stern warning, one contingency in Quatrain 2.97 will not be met, thus possibly ensuring a safe trip for Pope Francis.
I am not so optimistic about another future visit to the region by this pope or a successor.
Quatrain 2.97 suggests an anti-Christian leader, possibly whoever is the proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State (IS), will order the Pope and everyone in his entourage to be gunned down during a visit to a river port city in Iraq. According to Nostradamus they will bleed from the mouth due to internal hemorrhaging. The prophecy also states that the deadly visit will be scheduled to take place "when the Rose will flourish." Roses can bloom anytime between mid-May and throughout September, although the big flush for Old European roses, the kind Nostradamus would have been most familiar with, is usually in June.
An alternative meaning of "the Rose" (since the "R" is capitalized in many editions) is that it is a person, likely a female. For many years I believed this was somehow related to a future appearance of a flaming apparition of Princess Diana, something you can read about on my Diana: Mortal and Goddess page. However, in life, she was never given the nickname The Rose, and only became "England's Rose" after her tragic death in Paris when eulogized in song by pop singer and composer Elton John.
Since 2019, The Rose has become closely associated with pop singer Britney Spears on her Instagram account. She wears garlands of roses in her hair, decorates her Instagram messages with rose emojis as often as possible, wears rose or pink colored clothing, has been seen dancing in videos before a large portrait of the late Princess Diana ("England's Rose," with whom she identifies) wearing a pink dress, and periodically mentions "Project Rose" and reminds us not to forget about the importance of the project to her and its symbol. She is the only woman with a high degree of fame (she is the fifth most famous female on the planet) who has been doing this over the last four years.
Britney has her eyes on the Vatican as well, recently posting a photo of it on either Instagram or X (the former Twitter). Someday, maybe, she will even meet the Pope. Then, at a time when she flourishes in some way, perhaps career-wise and possibly in spring, a papal trip may be in jeopardy. Perhaps she will even seek to warn the Pope of the danger he may be in in time to prevent it.
You can read more about Britney Spears' use of The Rose as her device on my Who Is The Rose? page.
There is a possibility, however, that the city of two rivers may be either Lyon or Paris if a major war forces this pope or a future pope to flee Rome and seek to return the Vatican to the 14th Century residences in Avignon in southern France.
For some reason I get the impression that the city or place of doom will be observed by sea and not by air ... and at this time air travel is the most common mode of transportation for visitations by members of the Holy See and the Pontiff.
At the time being, the greatest danger posed to the Pope in Mesopotamia or Iraq itself comes from the group known as ISIS, although perceived as having been severely weakened, or civil violence and terrorism in southern Iraq and Sadr City. Iran also launches occasional attacks in Iraq due to a continued US presence there.
Between 2013 and 2019, militants loyal to their "emir," the late Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, massacred Iraqi and Syrian Christians by the many thousands, subjecting them, along with Zoroastrians and Muslims not willing to follow Sharia law, to beheadings, garrotings, mass shootings, and being burned alive in metal cages; subjecting them to the mass abductions of their wives and fiancées; subjecting their unmarried women and girls into forced marriages with the jihadists or else being raped and murdered; and subjecting their children to mass beheadings or being dashed to pieces. Today, they are still known under the acronym of ISIS. When they reached the peak of their power, they called the territories they had raped, pillaged, ruined, and taken control of by force as a caliphate known as the Islamic State (IS).
That state, for the time being, appears all but destroyed by the US, Russia, Syria, Turkey and other partners in the region dedicated to neutralizing this inhuman sect. In October 2019, the leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by US air strikes. Afterwards his successor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was also killed during a US raid in February 2022. Since then two more ISIS leaders (with very similar names) have been killed by paramilitary organizations in Syria and Iraq, the fourth leader apparently killed in April 2023. It is fortunate for the world that these men live no longer and that ISIS has been severely diminished. Their planned caliphate in the 2010's could have led to the formation of a ten-nation "beast empire" in the Middle East, making either leader a candidate for the beast of Revelation 13 or else quite possibly a fulfillment of one of the other dark figures found in Islamic prophecy who will precede him known as the Sufyani.
Unfortunately, the victory over ISIS and the destruction of its four leaders was probably only temporary. It has rebuilt and is growing more powerful and threatening each day under yet another tyrant. ISIS though mostly driven out of Syria, remains in northern Iraq.
In addition, war is being waged between Israel and Iran via Iranian troops and proxy troops stationed in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and even in Gaza. The nature of the conflict is largely by air using missiles and rockets, although Israel has also attacked Iranian military ships in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and elsewhere., sinking one warship last year. Iran has also provoked the United States to take action against it by intimidating and firing on US and allied ships and oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.
In January 2021, Iran fired over a dozen ballistic missiles at US and coalition forces in Iraq. This in retaliation for the US killing of key Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad International airport. Meantime Iranian proxies in Iraq attacked US soldiers and plan to continue to fire rockets at US forces and bases in Iraq. Periodically, since October 2019, anti-government protesters in Iraq have taken to the streets, often becoming involved in deadly clashes with supporters of pro-Iranian Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Iran has been using al-Sadr and other forces within Iraq to attack and kill demonstrators. The US finds itself fighting a similar war of occupation it fought over a decade ago due to the extremism, but with the added threat from Iranian forces.
It seems that Iraq has been and will remain a dangerous place for some time to come.
The Third Secret of Fatima Prophecy
It remains clear as ever that the above prophetic verse, Quatrain 2.97, inked by Michel de Notredame in 1554, does have some characteristics that are similar to what was revealed concerning the prophecy revealed in the Third Secret of Fatima as to possibly be another facet of the vision. Then again, there are striking differences. In any event, there is now no question that the vision contained in the Third Secret of Fatima was not fulfilled with the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in 1981 as suggested by leading cardinals after the release of the transcript on June 26, 2000.
Complete Translation of Original Text by Lucia dos Santos
VATICAN CITY, JUN 26, 2000 (VIS) - Given below is the complete translation of the original Portuguese text of the third part of the secret of Fatima, revealed to the three shepherd children at Cova da Iria-Fatima on July 13, 1917, and committed to paper by Sr. Lucia on January 3, 1944:
"I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine."
"After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: 'Penance, Penance, Penance!'."
And we saw in an immense light that is God: 'something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White 'we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way.
Having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions.
Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God."
It has been declared that the May 1981 attack on Pope John Paul II's life in Rome by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca was the fulfillment of the Third Secret of Fatima. This plainly cannot be the meaning of the Third Secret. First of all, according to the translated text of the letter written by Sr. Lucia, "the Bishop dressed in White" is accompanied by a large number of bishops, priests, nuns, and various lay people -- all of whom are killed along with the pope.
Secondly, and this is most important, the Pope visits a large (and probably major) city that is half-destroyed and littered with corpses. It is quite obvious that a major war is going on at the time since so many dead people lay in the streets. If not for all the corpses, the city might otherwise be numerous ancient ruins allowed to still be standing in a part of an otherwise thriving city.
Thirdly, the Pope and his clergy are killed by soldiers (or else people who are similar to soldiers, such as the IS terrorist militants) ... and not by a single deranged man in a crowd.
The mountain with the rugged cross at its top is a mystery if applied to Mesopotamia. I can find no evidence of a holy mountain associated with Christianity existing anywhere in Iraq or Syria (or in France for that matter)! Could the mountain somehow be symbolic, a metaphor for the tribulation of the Holy Church and Christendom? If you know of such a mountain with a cross at its summit in Iraq and the adjacent part of Syria ... or anywhere in the world for that matter ... please do leave a comment on my blog or via email!
The sprinkling of souls with the blood of the martyrs by angels may be the sealing of the 144,000 of the tribes of children of Israel as described in the Book of Revelation. If not, it is something that will precede that event and involve the blessing upon the faithful.
We are introduced to a new figure -- what may be an angel of the Apocalypse described as "an Angel with a flaming sword." He is actually introduced well before the appearance of the Bishop in White. Mary stays the world-consuming fire from his hand. This suggests that nuclear war has nearly occurred but was prevented by Mary's intercession and prayer.
Could this then be an oblique reference to Russia's war in Ukraine and a supernatural prevention of nuclear war?
I strongly believe there may be a linkage between the "Roman Pontiff" and his clergy who are slain in Nostradamus' Quatrain 2.97 and the "Bishop dressed in White" and his clergy and lay people who are gunned down in the Third Secret of Fatima.
Since the vision clearly states that the "Bishop clothed in White" (the Pope) will be slain along with "the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious" by soldiers firing bullets, I submit to you that this is remarkably similar to Quatrain 2.97 which warns the pontiff that both "you and yours" will come to spit blood in a city watered or aroused by two rivers. Even though, by miracle, Saint John Paul II was spared during the attack on his life by Mehmet Ali Agca forty-two years ago, this does not explain why he alone was attacked when the Third Secret states that the Bishop in White will crawl over the corpses of his entourage and followers. This is also what Quatrain 2.97 indicates when saying "both you and yours."
Because the pope is described as being "afflicted with pain and sorrow" one might conclude that this is a frail and elderly pontiff. However, we cannot discount the possibility that the "pain and sorrow" is a result of the terrible war and persecution to come.
I have little doubt that events described in Quatrain 2.97 and the Third Secret of Fatima will happen. And if events are as predestined as they appear to be in the Third Secret of Fatima, then all the warnings in the world will not save the then-reigning Pope or those who will be slain with him.
Unfortunately, Francis or one of his successors risk possible assassination in any "big city" that is “aroused by two rivers.” An act of terrorism against the Pope and his entourage could occur anywhere in the world at the behest of any terrorist leader or national leader who may order a pope and everyone in his entourage to be shot by terrorists, militants, or even the military during a visit to a major port city near a dual river system. According to Nostradamus they will all bleed from the mouth from internal hemorrhaging.
Due to similarities between Quatrain 2.97 and a prominent theme in the text released in 2000 of the Third Secret of Fatima, I also suspect the papal visit will occur during a major war or even a global war. After all, there are already half-destroyed cities in Syria and Iraq ... a result of the campaign of mass death carried out by either Bashar al-Assad or ISIS. There are also half-destroyed cities in Ukraine, courtesy of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Soon there may be half-destroyed cities in Poland, Romania, Moldova, Hungary, and the rest of the Balkans as well. We cannot apply ourselves to anything specific concerning any trip to Iraq or Syria, or Ukraine or Russia, until we know exactly where it will be and when.
The world is a dark and evil place, much more so at this time than it was during the reigns of Saint John XXII and Saint John Paul II and his successor, Benedict XVI. For prophecy tells us the challenges to come are dreadful ones indeed. And Pope Francis, and those who may follow, will be forced to contend with them, perhaps to the very death.
Many have noted with wonder the fact that Pope Francis is the first pontiff to be elected from Latin America ... from the nation of Argentina. Nostradamus actually predicted that a pope from Latin America would be elected. But the wise sage also made another prediction in the same prophecy, and in so doing, supports my long-held belief that the greatest pope in Vatican history will come from ancient France. This is what he says:
Nostradamus, Quatrain 5.49 ~
Not from Spain but from ancient France
Will be the one elected for the trembling ship,
To the enemy will be made a trust,
In whose reign will be a cruel plague.
When Nostradamus mentions a "trembling ship" in his quatrains and its pope, he is referring to a time when the Church is in danger of breaking up (schism) or being terribly troubled and its very existence threatened by world events. According to the French prophet, when such a time arrives, many people will believe this great pope will be one of two popes to come. One, the pope St. Malachy prophesied will be the 112th and last in succession, and given the motto Petrus Romanus. When Pope Francis of Argentina ("Spain") was elected, it was proclaimed that he was the final pope in Malachy's list. The other major pontiff to come is the French pope of Catholic prophecy who appears after the three days of darkness and the end of a terrible world war.
Nostradamus warns the greatest pope to come will not be from Spain (or new Spain, South America) but will be born in ancient France. Ancient France would be the Celtic region of Brittany (northeastern France). Also, neither the pope from Spain or the one to come from France will be the final pope of Malachy.
I argued at the time, and continue to argue, that Malachy's list is off by nine popes due to the fact that nine antipopes were given papal mottos by the Catholic Church who should not have been. That is why I have rolled back the clock on Malachy and find Pope Francis is actually Ignis ardens. Thus there are still nine popes to come before the end of the world.
In many ways, the state of affairs when Francis was elected was similar to what Nostradamus describes it will be when the French pope is elected: a church threatened by schisms internally and persecution and destruction externally. That is what is meant by "trembling ship." In any event, the time for the Pope from ancient France (the real Pastor angelicus) is still in the future, and he will actually be the one who joins forces with Henry V, the future French monarch who appears after the "three days of darkness" and brings an end to a long terrible world war. Nor, obviously, is he Petrus Romanus, the final pope. Catholic prophecy tells us what happens after the reign of the French pope and that there will be more popes to come.
We currently have the Pope from Spain (Francis) and the rest of the quatrain deals with him.
The enemy to which a promise is made may be Russia's Vladimir Putin, who is much more capable of directly harming Europe and Rome than any leader or group in the Middle East ... unless it is the nation of Iran. The prophet Daniel warns that Persia (Iran) will eventually declare war on Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans. Why remains a mystery at this time. The same prophecy uses the Hebrew word "Yawan" which can also be applied to Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Iran and Saudi Arabia have nearly come to blows twice since Arab Spring regarding the proxy war being fought in Yemen.
As for the cruel plague, it will sweep into Europe and America from either Asia or Africa. Most recently, since 2020, has come the pandemic from China referred to as COVID, still around today even in 2023, or the extremely deadly ebola which almost went pandemic in 2014 and again in 2021. Both are horrible diseases to be feared, and their effects on the body are most cruel indeed. I have projected a "false" plague to arrive in 2028 and another related to COVID in 2031.
The "Not Quite Pope" and the Antipope
A great tumult will follow the death or retirement of Pope Francis and a papal election called. At this time the papacy will be racing towards a great schism, not as large as the one of 1378 to 1417 but one of much shorter duration similar to the Great Schism of 1054. Nostradamus believed the Church would undergo several schisms in our future, each one separated by a great many years. This short one will be the first of them.
Nostradamus, Quatrain 5.46 ~
By red hats & quarrels, new schisms when the Sabine will have been elected: They will produce a great sophism against him, and Rome will be injured by the Albanians.
This successor to Francis, from the central Apennine Mountains of Italy (the Sabine), may be in power during the opening of the Schism, it is not entirely clear, but at his death only seven months later, the schism will move into full force.
It is not clear if The Sabine is ever entirely recognized as pope since, according to Nostradamus, he fails to completely obtain the prelature. "Great sophism" will be raised against him, indicating a large faction of the Church will not recognize his authority. Also he dies seven months after election, still in the process of trying to receive full approval, making him quite possibly an antipope or else an "almost but not quite pope."
Nostradamus, Quatrain 8.93 ~
Seven months, no longer, without further prelature obtained, through his death a great schism will arise: For seven months another acts as prelate, near Venice, peace and union are reborn.
After his death there will be no legitimate pope for yet another seven months, but the Church will be ruled over by one who will definitely be considered an antipope because he will be appointed by the opposition in the struggle. His reign likewise will be only for seven months.
Not since the reigns of Pope Stephen IX (August 3, 1057 to March 29, 1058) followed by the brief reign of Antipope Benedict X (April 4, 1058 to January 24, 1059) will we see anything quite like this.
The schism will end, and a new pope who will reign for 13 years will be elected who will take the name Pope Paul VII.
If we continue to take St. Malachy seriously, the two schism popes (a near pope and an antipope) may not (or should not) receive mottoes nor be considered in the lineage of 112 popes.
One other important feature of both reigns, and possibly during the reign of Pope Paul VII, will be a war between the Kosovar Albanians, Serbia, and Macedonia. It is possible this war will become a part of a war between Turkey and Greece or even the one between Russia and Ukraine. Italy and the Vatican will refuse to take sides and will be subjected to attacks, probably air strikes. Vatican City itself will not be spared attacks either. With the inclusion of Libya, Egypt, and eventually Iran, this conflict will become the great Eastern Mediterranean Conflict which will spread also to the Adriatic Sea.
The Sabine "almost pope" will die peacefully in his sleep after which an illegal election will place an actual antipope on the throne of St. Peter. Then, when the Church is at peace but the world involved in an unfolding global war, will arrive Pope Paul VII.
Pope Paul VII, Religio depopulata
After the reign of the antipope will come a new election and a new pope.
To this person may be attributed the motto Religio depopulata ("Religion Depopulated" or "Religion Laid Waste") ... indicating either a great loss of human life worldwide from various causes and/or mass execution and sacrificing of Christians.
Elsewhere Nostradamus tells us he will reign for thirteen years. That could well be 2025 to 2038.
This is likely the Pope who flees the Vatican at the time of the "great star" prophesied by Nostradamus. If not, then that fate will fall to the next pope: Fides intrepida ("Intrepid Faith").
Either Religio depopulata or Fides intrepida will flee Rome for Avignon, France, take up residence in the old papal castles of Avignon, France, where popes reigned in exile during the 14th century, and will die during an Islamic invasion of southern France after the fall of Marseilles.
Again, according to Nostradamus, a pope named Paul (Paul VII) dies 9 miles from the Rhone River near Avignon during a military attack and another dies a horrible death in Tunisia. Thus, I would consider Paul VII, Religio depopulata, to be the one who is forced to flee Rome when a supernova blazes for seven days and nights.
The following quatrain is about this future pope who will witness the great star on the night that he is forced to flee the Vatican:
Nostradamus, Quatrain 2.41 ~
The great star will burn for seven days,
The cloud will cause two suns to appear:
The great mastiff will howl all night,
When the great pontiff will change his abode.
In a series of frightening quatrains, Nostradamus describes an invasion of southern France via the Pyrenees and from the port at Marseilles. It culminates with nearly a million dead French civilians killed by "fire from the sky" as they flee northwards toward Lyon (which is also captured by the enemy). I believe the cause of the "fire" may be Fuel Air Explosives, sometimes called the poor man's nuclear bomb. The devastation from FAEs is nearly as horrific as that caused by atomic bombs, only without the radiation.
This southern advance I believe will be led by powerful Iranian and North African allies of a newly formed Central Asian "empire of Antichrist."
Nostradamus, Quatrain 8.46 ~
Paul the celibate will die three leagues from the Rhone, the two nearest flee the Tarascon monster: When Mars will make a most horrible throne, the cock and the eagle, France, the three brothers.
The reign of "Pol Mensolee" (Pope Paul VII) in southern France will be cruelly cut short, for war will have come to Southern Europe, first having forced him to flee Rome during the appearance of the supernova and then secondly to escape to France ... only to be killed-in-action in Avignon during a military attack.
This empire, led by Kazakhstan and Iran, will take up nearly all of Asia, including all of Eastern Russia, east of the Urals. This is what Nostradamus actually spells out in his Epistle to Henry II. The capital cities will be Astana and Tehran.
Western Russia, that is Russia west of The Urals, will become a Central Asian slave state. China and its little ally North Korea will be fragmented and fractured and rendered impotent. Nevertheless, Russian and Chinese soldiers will be forced to fight on the side of Central Asia and Iran.
Prior to and during the "three days of darkness," the combined Asian and slave state forces will press westward into Austria and Germany from the former Warsaw Pact and north into Scandinavia.
If the world wasn't already at war it will be now. But, unbeknownst to this empire of Antichrist, their weapons of war will have been created by a demonic technology, and the dark dimensions will merge with our own, creating the "three days of darkness." Billions will die during those three days and nights ... and most of the invading armies will die in horror and agonizing pain as their flesh blackens and falls from their bones.
A German Antipope Raises an Army Against the Enemy, Intrepid faith
The big question mark I have is where and when does St. Malachy's Intrepid faith arrive?
Some prophecies indicate that after the death of Paul VII, there will be no pope for 25 months.
Yet, another states the following:
Merlin (6th century) ~
There will come a German Anti-Pope. Italy and Germany will be sorely troubled. A French King will restore the true Pope ...
There were many who thought the late Pope Benedict XVI was this German antipope. But that was never possible as we are still many years away from the advent of "the great French Pontiff" (Pastor angelicus) who will be elected pope after the brief reign of the German antipope, when the "grand Monarch," Henry, takes the throne of France and becomes a latter day Holy Carolingian Emperor as well ... as a 21st Century Charlemagne.
This may be why Nostradamus describes the Catholic Church as being schismatic and trembling when "the Pope from ancient France" comes to power. This may have something to do with the German antipope. Whoever this German will be, there must be something great about him in his own right if Malachy gave him the motto "Intrepid Faith." Regardless of Merlin's assessment, St. Malachy must have considered this man to be worthy of being called Pope.
Indeed, there is some confusion and contradiction in prophecy concerning the nationality of the great Pontiff. The vast majority have created a consensus that this future pope will be from France. Nostradamus, as we saw earlier in the article, was even more specific and declared he will arise from ancient France, which is in the northeast, the land of the French Celts, known as Brittany. The French seer mentions elsewhere that the Pope will be Celtic and a Breton.
The great Pontiff of Celtic France is Elected, Restores Rome, Crowns Henri Holy Roman Emperor, Pastor angelicus
According to many prophecies, Rome will be destroyed and a pope elected in exile. A French pope will return to rebuild Rome's papal palaces and residences. Often called "the great Pontiff" he will assist another French figure known as the "great Monarch" to restore peace, order, and law after the end of the great global conflict of World War Three that segues into World War IV.
Nostradamus says of this pope:
Nostradamus, Quatrain 6.28 ~
The great Celt will enter into Rome with a great mass of exiles and banished:
The great pastor will put to death every man united over the Alps against the cock (France).
So, clearly it can be seen that a "great pastor" will return to Rome in the post-war period and will indeed become a dreadful judge ... as he will have the power of life and death over the enemies of Christendom.
Pastor angelicus (Angelic Shepherd) will have an army as popes of old once did. Eventually, he will reign alongside the future "great Monarch" who will bring an end to the world war.
It almost appears to be a contradiction, because so many prophecies say there will be peace after the three days of darkness and that the great French monarch, Henry, many claiming him to be the resurrected Count of Chambord as well, will wage a war of liberation in France to overthrow the false pretender and take up the true throne of the fleur-de-lys.
But other prophecies contend that after bringing peace to France and other adjacent European nations, the French monarch will have to pacify different parts of the world still involved in major conflicts, one of the last places being the Middle East and South Asia.
Abbot Joachim Merlin (died 1202) ~
Before, however, being firmly and solidly established in the Holy See (in Rome), there will be innumerable wars and violent conflicts during which the sacred throne (in France) shall be shaken. But through the favor of divine clemency, moved by the prayers of the faithful, everything will succeed so well that they shall be able to sing hymns of thanksgiving to the glory of the Lord.
The Pope, elected in Avignon and reigning from that place in southern France, will not be fully installed to the Holy See in Rome until a new civil war in Italy ends three or three-and-a-half years later in 2044. The great French Pontiff dies 6 1/2 years after taking up his reign in Rome in early 2045, which would be around the summer of 2051 AD.
Capuchin Friar (1776) ~
By the Catholic clergy and people the true and lawful Pope will be elected, who shall be a man of great holiness and goodness of life.
A scion of the Carlovingian race, by all considered extinct, will come to Rome to behold and admire the clemency of this Pontiff, who will crown him, and declare him to be the legitimate Emperor of the Romans, and from the Chair of St. Peter, the Pope will lift up the standard, the crucifix, and will give it to the new emperor.
This new emperor, with the robust Italian and French people, and with those of other nations, will form a most Powerful host, called the Church Army, through which he shall destroy the Ottoman Empire, all heresies, and shall also totally defeat the Emperor of the North, who is called Mystic Antichrist.
The above mentioned new emperor, with the assistance of God and of the Pope, will cooperate to the reformation of abuses; will assume the management of the temporal government; will assign a decent pension to the Supreme Pontiff, and also the bishops and clergy: and they all, being detached from earthly covetousness, will live in peace, which shall last till the end of time.
Of course, if we read other prophecies and Nostradamus as well, we know the peace will not last until "the end of time," which will not come until the Millennial Reign begins in the year 2827 AD. But Henry's reign and peace will last for 56 or 57 years and total world peace will continue well after that time thanks to Henry's heirs in the Empire of Annemarc according to Nostradamus.
The Reign of the French Pope in Rome Ends 6 1/2 Years Later With His Death in a Strange Country
The Pope will be elected while still in exile, he and his clergy. That will likely still be in Avignon in southern France sometime after Henry the Great enters and drives out the foreign armies and the army of the false pretender in 2039 following the three days of darkness. Thus, the great French Pontiff's election may not happen until 2040. But Henry will not take notice of the Pope until after a 3 1/2 year civil war in Italy ends in 2044 and Pastor angelicus returns to Rome in 2045 to occupy the Holy See (according to Nostradamus all of the wars will not end until late 2044 or early 2045). Six and half years later he will die while visiting a foreign nation, probably in the Middle East, sometime in spring or summer 2051. Thus his total reign will be eleven years.
Much will happen during those eleven years.
Abbot Joachim Merlin ~
He will be the joy of God's elect. This angelic pope will preach the gospel in every country. Through his zeal and solicitude the Greek Church shall be forever reunited to the Catholic Church. This holy Pope shall be both pastor and reformer.
Through him the East and West shall be in everlasting concord. The city of Babylon shall then be the head and guide of the world. Rome, weakened in temporal power, shall forever preserve her spiritual dominion, and shall enjoy great peace. During these happy days the Angelic Pope shall be able to address to Heaven prayers full of sweetness. The dispersed nation shall also enjoy tranquility.
Six and a half years after this time the Pope will render his soul to God. The end of his days shall arrive in an arid province, situated between a river and a lake near the mountains.
An Even Greater Pope Follows the French Pontiff, a Man of Miracles, Who Reigns a Very Long Time
A man of remarkable sanctity will be his successor in the Pontifical chair. Through him God will work so many prodigies that all men shall revere him, and no person will dare to oppose his precepts. He shall not allow the clergy to have many benefices. He will induce them to live by the tithes and offerings of the faithful. He shall interdict pomp in dress, and all immorality in dances and songs. He will preach the gospel in person, and exhort all honest ladies to appear in public without any ornament of gold or precious stones. After having occupied the Holy See for a long period of time he shall happily return to the Lord.
The longest papal reign in history was that of Pope Pius IX: 32 years (1846 to 1878). Saint John Paul II reigned for 26 years. According to Nostradamus, this pope will also be made a saint and work what may seem to be miracles. His death will occur sometime between 2077 and 2083.
He will have a nephew who will later be murdered by a group of evil cardinals. One of their order will later become pope.
The Three Angelic Pastors
His three immediate successors shall be men of exemplary holiness. One after the other will be models of virtue, and shall work miracles, confirming the teaching of their predecessors. Under their government the Church shall spread, and these Popes shall be called the Angelic Pastors.
The three angelic pastors will reign at the same time, as a papal triumvirate. The last surviving member of this triumvirate will carry the Christian Church into the early 22nd Century (the 2100's).
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