{"id":27240,"date":"2025-05-09T19:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27240"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:31:44","slug":"pope-leos-name-sparks-concerning-conspiracy-theory-amid-claims-ancient-prophecy-is-a-terrifying-warning-for-mankind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27240","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo’s name sparks concerning conspiracy theory amid claims ancient prophecy is a terrifying warning for mankind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While Catholics around the world rejoice after the election of Pope Leo XIV, conspiracy theorists have warned that it may be bad news for mankind.<\/p>\n

It was announced just yesterday (8 May) that\u00a0Robert Francis Prevost is the new head of the Catholic Church<\/a>, and will be known as\u00a0Pope Leo XIV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It seems that deliberations in Vatican City took less time than usual, with it taking just two days for the college of cardinals to choose their next leader.<\/p>\n

And while the sight of the\u00a0white smoke drifting from the Sistine Chapel<\/a>\u00a0should be a moment for catholics, conspiracy theorists have suggested that it may not be the time for celebrations.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0resurfaced 100-year-old prophecy<\/a>\u00a0suggests that the 69-year-old pope may be the last to ever take on the enormous role.<\/p>\n

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The text was written in the 1100s by a man named Saint Malachy, and it was titled ‘Prophecy of the Popes’.<\/p>\n

He predicted that there would be a further 112 popes after his lifetime, and named each of them.<\/p>\n

A content creator on TikTok who read the prophecy suggested that Malachy noted the last pope would lead the world through a time of ‘fire, tribulation, and destruction’.<\/p>\n

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It was suggested that the last pope would see the world during ‘fire and destruction’ (Getty Stock Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

According to the user, the prophecy also mentioned ‘Leo the lion’, which of course feels slightly eerie.<\/p>\n

He went onto say: “Revelations talks about a beast that appears that looks like a lion, but talks like a dragon.”<\/p>\n

The last name on Malachy’s list of popes is a man named ‘Peter the Roman’, who is serving as the Bishop of Rome when the world ends.<\/p>\n

Of course, the newly-elected pope is not a Peter, so it’s not difficult to break the conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n

The text also gets his nationality wrong, as Pope Leo XIV holds both American and Peruvian citizenship, not Italian, as the prophecy suggests.<\/p>\n

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People have bashed the conspiracy theory, after stating the last pope is supposed to be a ‘Peter’ (TIZIANA FABI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Others in previous times have suggested that the late Pope Francis was ‘Peter the Roman’, but that doesn’t make much sense either.<\/p>\n

Josh Canning, director of Toronto’s Chaplaincy at the Newman Centre, said in 2013,\u00a0via<\/a>\u00a0Global News: “I don’t know how you can connect Peter the Roman with Pope Francis.”<\/p>\n

Of course, we think the new pope has a couple of more pressing issues to be dealing with at the moment, rather than what a prophecy predicted about a guy named Peter over a hundred years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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