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If you are not aware of the Prophecy of the Popes, attributed to Saint Malachy, then read here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes

Unlike Nostradamus, the prophecies are very short, and limited to describing each Pope (or occasionally major events that happened during their reign). The accuracy is quite extraordinary, which means one of two things:

1) Prophecy is real and Malachy was accurate
2) The Catholic Church has deliberately chosen to fulfill the prophecy via each papal election

Regarding the latter, there’s an excellent overview at The Daily Grail that looks into recent aspects of self-fulfilling prophecy and the current Pope:

The “Glory of the Olive” (Gloria Olivae). That’s what St. Malachy’s famous prophecy has to say about our latest Pope. Everyone thought that was a sign that the new Pope would come from the Benedictine order, which is symbolised by the olive. He isn’t. However, he did take on the name of Benedict XVI, which makes one wonder if he is intentionally encouraging belief in the Malachy Prophecies.

According to Malachy, the next Pope will be the last:

Peter the Roman, who will nourish the sheep in many tribulations; when they are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The end.

The city of the seven hills is presumed to be Rome (although it could mean many other cities), but it basically sounds like a one sentence description of Revelations.

This week there is news of the current Pope appearing to be frail:

People who have spent time with him recently say they found him weaker than they’d ever seen him, seemingly too tired to engage with what they were saying. He no longer meets individually with visiting bishops. A few weeks ago he started using a moving platform to spare him the long walk down St. Peter’s Basilica.

Were he to pass away this year, we will have the extraordinary situation of the last Pope coinciding with 2012. And he is due to visit Mexico in March. Or he could just resign, something he has advocated – and a much more civilized way of self-fulfilling the prophecy!