Thank God, it's Ratzinger!

An incredibly short conclave, but the Cardinals asked God to speak--and they listened.  That's heartening.

However, I think we're in a lull where St. Malachy is concerned.  Pope Benedict XVI could be considered the Glory of the Olive, if you consider the Olive to mean peace, and JPII was a great peacemaker, and Benedict is a product of JPII--hence the glory of the peacemaker.

Plus Ratzinger took the name, "Benedict."

BUT--"Glory of the Olive" wasn't St.Malachy's prophesy to begin with--it came from the Bens themselves, stemming (pun intended) from a vision to their noble founder that a member of their order would wear the papal tiara before the end of the world.  My other sources say such could hold true, also.

Sooo, this is where papal prophesy gets really interesting, and freelancers like myself should really shut up.

Like I said, I think we've made a departure from St. Malachy.  The pope himself has said he thinks this will be a brief pontificate.  Will we have the "black pope" then?  Conchita from Garabandal said there was to be another antipope before the end of the world.  (But, then again, Garabandal wasn't approved by the Church, either).  I think there will be an antipope sometime after our present pope.  Perhaps that's what "black pope" actually means.

I'll leave it there.

Pax tecum, Gemma

i have been a great believer in the prayers given and the prophecies at Garabandal.Now that we have a fourth Pope after Johnxxiii and the prophecy was that there would only be three Popes after Johnxxiii,I wonder does that mean that all the visions are in doubt?

Hello, I believe from th glory of the olive means the olive oil Olive oil is used in the Chrism oils in The Church. They are used for healing,benediction, and purification. our new Holy father Pope Benedict will be the instrament The Most Holy Trinity will use to purify the Church of the heresies. Cardinal Ratzinger was in Subiaco ,Italy(the place were St. Benedict founded his Rule) the day befor our beloved Pope John Paul II died. Pope Benedict16 goes to Benedictine monasteries especially Monte Cassino. He has a Beneditine "spirituality" this fits pretty good with the Benedictine prophecy. I believe in my heart he is from the glory of the oilve ( the olive oil) also here is a personal thing that happened on the night Pope John Paul II died my husband and I were very sad I then remember the little book I read on St. Malachy and heard prophecy about St. Benedict's order and such. i told my husband about it and he said to me "who blessed our St. Benedict medal?" I said" Oh! Cardinal Ratzinger." He said "yeah! he will be the next Holy Father"and i said" he will take the name Benedict" we both laugh and said" in million years" My husband and I are like on clouds ever since the announcement!! we are so happy!!!! well God Bless, Susan:)

Pope Benedict xvi must be given the customary100 days to show his hand.He dealt very severely when he was a Cardinal with some fine theologians like Father Charles Curran and many others.Now he was elected for promising to be gentler and kinder in his approach.He should already have invited those he sent outside the fold back to the Church to show his new approach.All he has to do is to follow Jesus as good as he can,the same as the rest of us,and ask The Holy Spirit for guidance.