Epiphany of the Long Sun:  Calde of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun, Books 3 and 4)
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Epiphany of the Long Sun: Calde of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun, Books 3 and 4)
Gene Wolfe
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The two novels combined in this omnibus (Cald of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun) comprise the second half of Gene Wolfes long novel, The Book of the Long Sun. Publishers Weekly calls it One of the major SF series of the decade The complex language is lovingly crafted.

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2 out of 5 stars If you read first half you gotta read this.......2007-06-26

and you will be disappointed. A civil war begins, main hero steps up as leader of rebellion, a third side appears in civil war, and lot of stuff gets complicated and little solved, and mood is not even close to adventurous/mystery mood of book one.

I couldn't say that this series, 'Long Sun' really ends here, it seems that Short Sun is sequel, but I didn't read it yet.

When Wolfe has idea and inspiration, he is best. When not, he is worst.

3 out of 5 stars I'm sure the series will be better the second time through........2007-04-17

After a first reading, I need some time to forget some of the major plot elements so that I can re-read this story later. It is quite fascinating, especially so if you view the society as an anthropologist would.

A lot of the confusion from this book stems from the fact that not one word written in it is trustworthy and it should be read with much more scrutiny then I put into it. As we cannot trust the writers of the biblical gospels to be impartial, we certainly cannot trust a young man with a revisionist take on history and a bad case of idolizing a man at the center of a cult of personality. The joy of reading Gene Wolfe comes from scratching hints, shades of meaning and the truth of events from a storyteller who does not want you to know the whole truth, and is probably outright lying (New Sun) or has absolutely no connection to reality (The Wizard)/is incapable of discerning truth from idealization and revision (New Sun, The Knight)/reality from fantasy (There are Doors)/objectivity from subjectivity (Long Sun) or is incapable of having factual knowledge whatsoever (Latro).

I'm really expecting this book to wow me the second time through, especially after analyzing Knight/Wizard and The Book of the New Sun a couple more times, allowing me to realize that the narrator is your worst enemy in trying to understand and enjoy a Gene Wolfe novel.

4 out of 5 stars Sun of an epic, part 2.......2007-04-08

A couple decades ago, I remember tuning into a panel discussion show on TV because it featured Isaac Asimov and Harlan Ellison, two authors who I really enjoyed reading. There was also a third author on this program, who for many years, I essentially thought of as "the other guy." It would take till just a couple years ago for me to figure out that this other guy, namely Gene Wolfe, was also worth reading, in ways completely different than either Asimov or Ellison.

Epiphany of the Long Sun is the concluding half of Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun. Like the previous volume, Litany of the Long Sun, Epiphany is actually an omnibus of two books in the Long Sun tetralogy: Calde of the Long Sun and Exodus of the Long Sun. Altogether, the four books are over 1200 pages of complex plotting. (The Long Sun books themselves fit into the middle of a larger sequence including the Book of the New Sun and the Book of the Short Sun.)

As Litany had concluded, the protagonist Silk had been elevated, almost against his will, into the position of Calde, a high-ranking position that is half administration, half monarchy. In Calde of the Long Sun, civil war erupts in the city-state of Viron, as not all people are happy with Silk's promotion. By Exodus, things stabilize a bit (although not all is settled) and the focus is more on the nature and destiny of the Whorl itself.

The Whorl is the space colony/generation ship that Silk's people have inhabited for centuries. The societies that exist within this Whorl are both advanced and rather medieval, with both high-end technology alongside more primitive devices. Silk, who also acts as a kind of priest known as a patera and as an augur who sees the future in animal entrails, has become something of a prophet as well. In the Whorl, gods are worshipped and occasionally even seen, but Silk is driven primarily by an outsider god known, quite naturally, as the Outsider.
I can only scratch the surface of this densely plotted story, and there's too much to really summarize well. Wolfe is a good writer, but this is not always an easy read. The Book of the Long Sun is ambitious and has a certain artistic merit to it, but for all its admirable qualities, I personally find it to not be great but merely very good, worthy of a high four stars. There isn't really anything wrong with it, but it never completely won me over either (I guess it's a chemistry thing).

Do not start this book without having read Litany of the Long Sun. The two volumes are really one long story and the breaks between volumes (and the books within) are more arbitrary than conclusive. With that caveat, if you are a fan of science fiction, this is a worthwhile read.

2 out of 5 stars Good story drowned in bad style decisions.......2006-11-28

I loved Book of the New Sun and had high hopes for Long Sun. The plot of Long Sun is very good, and I very much enjoyed most of books 1 and 2. However, as the story goes on, the narrative becomes increasingly annoying. Minor spoiler -- Most of book 3 consists of a war for the city of Viron. This could be great, but unfortunately most of the dozen main characters spend most of their time captured, hospitalized, or hiding -- in other words, not doing anything. The battle doesn't really touch any of them, and you hear about the battle only by their conversations with random people they encounter who have actually been involved in the plot off-stage, or from a few scenes with some minor characters from books 1 and 2.
The narrative of books 3 and 4 also shift almost entirely to dialogue, dialogue, and more dialogue, which is a problem. Dialogue is great when what is being said is important to moving the story forward or offering key insights into characters. The reader doesn't need a transcript of every incidental utterance every character makes -- this includes pages and pages of introductions ("Hi, this is so and so, remember we met back on page 335? I had on a blue dress!" etc), overly long expositions on the logic of what characters are doing ("Well, I'm making this decision because of this, and this, and oh you're right, this and that. And this too."), and even as a means of describing the environement (characters routinely say things like "look over there, see how the mountains flow down into the valley, the river is so smooth it looks like a mirror"). All this dialogue slows the story WAY down and has the effect of lessening the impact of the dialogue that actually IS important to driving the story forward.
The other problem I had with the narrative is that, time and again, Wolfe (slowly) builds up the reader's interest in a storyline, builds up the tension to the point where something (finally!) is going to happen -- and then fast-forwards to a point after the action has happened and just has a scene where the characters talk about what happened in a "Whew, we're safe now," or "Well, that didn't go so well" sort of way. The result is that many of the interesting or exciting bits of the story feel totally flat, having been skipped over and bookended by a long run-up of dialogue and soul-searching and an anti-climax of dialogue and soul-searching.

Some of the storylines that receive the most attention end up not being resolved very well, too, which makes you almost regretting putting in the time reading them. The battle for Viron and the three-way political scheming that consumes huge chunks of Books 3 and 4 are dense and should build to some great climactic pay-off for the reader. I won't say exacly what happens at the end, but the book ends not so much with a resolution of this battle, but an escape that makes much of the details of the battle irrelevant. Where the battle should come to a head, the story instead just runs away from it, and resolves things elsewhere. So what was the point of most of it, if not to set up the conclusion? Similarly, I really enjoyed the storylines with Blood in books One and Two, but Blood and his gang become pretty much irrelevant almost immediately. Those storylines wrap up very early, but the time we spent with them in books 1 and 2 make you wish they were more important in books 3 and 4. Instead, they are finished and the story moves on to bigger, but not better, things.

So basically, this book really disappointed me. New Sun really had none of these problems, and I highly recommend it to everyone, but I don't think Long Sun is worth it.

5 out of 5 stars Prime Wolfe (part 2).......2006-09-01

New characters and threats are revealed. Patera Silk continues to grow in unexpected ways. Mysteries are solved only to open up new complexities. If you have already enjoyed other works by Gene Wolfe, you will be right at home here. Pay close attention, read huge chunks at a time, and just enjoy both the story and the language. I will add these volumes to my "read again" list.

The Last Pope: The Decline and Fall of the Church of Rome : The Prophecies of St. Malachy for the New Millennium
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John Hogue, a leading authority on Nostradamian prophecy, turns his analytical skills to the 111 Latin mottoes of Malachy of Ireland, a 12th-century bishop who is said to have predicted the succession of popes from Celestine II to the end of the Catholic church. Hogue integrates prophecy and history like a master fencer wields a rapier and dagger, adding just a touch of wry humor--who else but Hogue would compare Saint Bernard and the 12th-century monastic movement to Elvis Presley and rock 'n' roll? The Last Pope succeeds on many levels: as a comprehensive history of the papacy, as an examination of the prophecy of Saint Malachy, and as an assessment of the history and potential future of Catholicism. --Brian Patterson

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A new study of the papal prophesies of St. Malachy that reveals the fate of the final Pope . . . and of the Catholic Church.

The 12th century Irish seer St. Malachy prophesied an end to the Roman Catholic Church and predicted the fates of the Popes until Judgment Day. After John Paul II dies only two Popes remain on the Doomsday list . . . will this forbidding prophetic coda of a Catholic apocalypse be fulfilled?

In 1139 St. Malachy set out from Ireland on a harrowing pilgrimage to Rome. On sighting the Eternal City he fell to the ground and began murmuring cryptic Latin phrases, each signifying the future destiny of the Popes.

For four hundred years the manuscript was locked in the labyrinth of the Vatican. On its rediscovery in 1595 it was rejected by the Church authorities as fraudulent but the content of the prophecies remains remarkably and chillingly accurate: to this day 90 per cent have come true.

In examining the context of St. Malachy's life, his pilgrimages and his miracles, John Hogue presents a fascinating account of the fates of the Popes and eight hundred years of Catholic prophecy: including contemporaries, St. Hildegard von Bingen, Joachim de Fiore and Nostradamus, whose vision of the papal succession closely resembles that of St. Malachy.

In this first complete study of the prophecies in almost a hundred years, Hogue brings his expertise to new revelations regarding the authenticity of the mottoes. As the Roman Catholic Church continues to witness an eclipse in papal power this masterly work uncovers the truth about St. Malachy's prophecies and reveals their significance as an account of the papal progression which Vatican policy makers have found too threatening to acknowledge.

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1 out of 5 stars Worthless.......2007-06-02

This book is worthless as history. Contains 111 pseudo-biographies of popes tenuously linking them to the prophecies of St. Malachy. The biographies are skewed toward the extreme negative, careful not to mention virtually any positive contribution of any pope cited.

Some of the prophecies are so remote that anyone would fit them. For example, the last Pope, Peter Romanus, the author claims will certainly not choose the name Peter but either his given name will be Peter, or he will have served at some parish named St. Peter's or will have visited a church named St. Peter's. Well, who doesn't that fit?

For John Paul I, the prophecy is "under the half moon" and the author links John Paul I tenuously to references to the moon. But the prophecy is half moon, not moon, of which the author makes no connection. For example, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, near the town of Half Moon Bay. Actually not that close to Half Moon Bay about 15 miles away, but that would be close enough for this author.

More importantly, the author diverges to long sections on unrelated material, such as the prophecies of Nostradamus and selected works of Joachim of Flores. He spends an extended time of these unrelated materials. In essence this book should be about eleven pages long, so he as added the remaining pages as Pope and Catholic bashing filler.

1 out of 5 stars Worst book i ever read!!.......2007-04-02

This is the only book i have ever purchased that i not only thought was horrible, but i also threw away in the garbage (I am not going to resell this filth to someone else). As other commenters have said, this book was an anti-christian rampage, not a book on prophecy. The author basically feels that anything old (traditional) is bad, anything new (secular progressive) is great, and that you must be a moron to believe as people have in the past, now that we are "enlightened." yeah right, things are getting so much better now!! i wanted to read a book on prophecy, not get John Hogue's opinion on the Catholic/Christian Church.

5 out of 5 stars gift.......2007-01-14

This book was given as a gift. I did not read the book, but the person receiving this book was delighted.

3 out of 5 stars Malachy's Peter the Roman revealed at last?.......2006-03-29

Is Monsignor Pietro Parolin, an official with the Vatican's Roman Curia, destined to be Saint Malachy's prophesied "Petrus Romanus"?

The following might present what is to be the future fulfillment of St. Malachy's prophecy concerning "Peter the Roman."

It is lifted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes ...

"Because no number is assigned to Petrus Romanus (Malachy's 112th "pope"), it is possible that (Peter the Roman) may take on the role of the Pope without putting on the robe of the Pope. Under this possible scenario, a catastrophe at the Vatican (perhaps a terrorist attack) could wipe out the top leadership of the Church during either a consistory or a conclave of the College of Cardinals. As a result, with no viable College surviving to elect a new pontiff, this particular scenario would have a surviving official of the Roman Curia succeeding to the top leadership of the Church but not as Pope. Since he would not rise to the Papacy itself but instead would become, in effect, the top caretaker of the Church, he would not need to assume a new papal name such as Peter; thus he would keep the name he has had since his birth in Italy, and that name already would be Peter (or, in Italian, Pietro). Currently (that is, as of March 2006) there is only one such candidate for Petrus Romanus (or Peter the Roman) within the Roman Curia. His name is Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Under-Secretary of State for Relations with States, appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2002 to serve under Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. A native of Schiavon, Italy, Monsignor Parolin was born in January 1955."

The speculation above seems at least worthy of consideration given:

--Pope Benedict XVI's recent consistory at the Vatican (on 3-24-06) and the expectation that the new pontiff also will hold more consistories in the future.

--The expectation that Pope Benedict is about to streamline the Roman Curia (including forcing Angelo Sodano, the Vatican's Secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals, to retire sometime in April).

--The fact that in 2,000 years no newly-elected Pope has ever had the nerve to take the name of Peter (making it unlikely that there will ever be a Pope Peter II but more likely that Peter the Roman will be a non-Pope who acts as caretaker of the Church).

--Pope Benedict's desire to reach out to the Muslim world.

--The recent bombing by Muslim extremists of a 1,200-year-old mosque's dome in Iraq.

5 out of 5 stars Great insights!!!.......2005-04-22

This book offers great insights on the succession of the pope since its beginning. John Hogue has done indepth research on the subject and offers a comprehensive gathering of St. malachy's prophecies. A great read!!!
Prophecies of St. Malachy
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Peter Bander
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5 out of 5 stars Gift.......2007-01-14

This book was given as a gift. I did not read it, but the person receiving this book was delighted.

3 out of 5 stars Peter the Roman: Pietro Parolin?.......2006-03-28

Is Monsignor Pietro Parolin, an official with the Vatican's Roman Curia, destined to be Saint Malachy's prophesied "Petrus Romanus"?

The following might present what is to be the future fulfillment of St. Malachy's prophecy concerning "Peter the Roman."

It is lifted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes ...

"Because no number is assigned to Petrus Romanus (Malachy's 112th "pope"), it is possible that (Peter the Roman) may take on the role of the Pope without putting on the robe of the Pope. Under this possible scenario, a catastrophe at the Vatican (perhaps a terrorist attack) could wipe out the top leadership of the Church during either a consistory or a conclave of the College of Cardinals. As a result, with no viable College surviving to elect a new pontiff, this particular scenario would have a surviving official of the Roman Curia succeeding to the top leadership of the Church but not as Pope. Since he would not rise to the Papacy itself but instead would become, in effect, the top caretaker of the Church, he would not need to assume a new papal name such as Peter; thus he would keep the name he has had since his birth in Italy, and that name already would be Peter (or, in Italian, Pietro). Currently (that is, as of March 2006) there is only one such candidate for Petrus Romanus (or Peter the Roman) within the Roman Curia. His name is Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Under-Secretary of State for Relations with States, appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2002 to serve under Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. A native of Schiavon, Italy, Monsignor Parolin was born in January 1955."

The speculation above seems at least worthy of consideration given:

--Pope Benedict XVI's recent consistory at the Vatican (on 3-24-06) and the expectation that the new pontiff also will hold more consistories in the future.

--The expectation that Pope Benedict is about to streamline the Roman Curia (including forcing Angelo Sodano, the Vatican's Secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals, to retire sometime in April).

--The fact that in 2,000 years no newly-elected Pope has ever had the nerve to take the name of Peter (making it unlikely that there will ever be a Pope Peter II but more likely that Peter the Roman will be a non-Pope who acts as caretaker of the Church).

--Pope Benedict's desire to reach out to the Muslim world.

--The recent bombing by Muslim extremists of a 1,200-year-old mosque's dome in Iraq.

5 out of 5 stars Prophesy indeed!!.......2005-07-21

Never knew this book existed. So, we've been seating on a mine all this time!! Great knowledge!!!

5 out of 5 stars St. Malachy on Cover looks like Little Green Smurf. .......2005-05-23

I might check out this book. Why? St. Malachy looks adorable, he looks luminous in green. Have you seen the front cover? He looks cute!

5 out of 5 stars The Prophecies of Saint Malachy!.......2005-04-16

_The Prophecies of St. Malachy_ by Peter Bander republished by TAN Books consists of comments on the saint's life and then his prophecies regarding the future popes from the twelfth century till the end of time. Saint Malachy of Armagh, Ireland was an eleventh century bishop and saint who died in the hands of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and who foretold the day and hour of his own death. According to legend, Saint Malachy had a series of visions while visiting Rome which consisted of the prophecies regarding all future popes till the end of time. These prophecies consist of brief Latin descriptions of all the popes, which have born an uncanny resemblance to various aspects of each subsequent pope's reign. Many have scoffed at these prophecies, and some regard them to be forgeries, however they continue to hold up to scrutiny even into these modern times. Malachy predicted 112 popes ahead of his time until the destruction of the Church of Rome and the end of the world. These predictions are especially relevant to these modern times because depending on how the prophecies are interpreted, it may be that we are living near the end of days. According to the prophecies, the recently deceased Pope John Paul II was "De Labore Solis", and the soon to be elected future pope will be "Gloria Olivae". This pope will be followed by the last pope "Petrus Romanus". Malachy has written "In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock among many tribulations; after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people." Some have interpreted this to mean that following Pope John Paul II there are only two popes left. However, others more wary of this interpretation have suggested that "Petrus Romanus" need not follow directly after "Gloria Olivae" but there may be a gap. This interpretation seems to make sense. These prophecies also predict many of the antipopes who reigned along with the popes but who were deemed not canonically elected by the church. With the recent death of Pope John Paul II and much speculation regarding his successor, as well as with the events of the Second Vatican Council and the subsequent crisis in the church, these prophecies are proving particularly important to consider. They have enjoyed immense popularity and consider to do so as we near the coming papal election. Indeed, it may be that we are living near the end of days as predicted by the prophets.
The Prophecies of St Malachy & St Columbkille
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The Prophecies of St Malachy & St Columbkille

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3 out of 5 stars Is Pietro Parolin St. Malachy's Peter the Roman?.......2006-03-29

Is Monsignor Pietro Parolin, an official with the Vatican's Roman Curia, destined to be Saint Malachy's prophesied "Petrus Romanus"?

The following might present what is to be the future fulfillment of St. Malachy's prophecy concerning "Peter the Roman."

It is lifted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes ...

"Because no number is assigned to Petrus Romanus (Malachy's 112th "pope"), it is possible that (Peter the Roman) may take on the role of the Pope without putting on the robe of the Pope. Under this possible scenario, a catastrophe at the Vatican (perhaps a terrorist attack) could wipe out the top leadership of the Church during either a consistory or a conclave of the College of Cardinals. As a result, with no viable College surviving to elect a new pontiff, this particular scenario would have a surviving official of the Roman Curia succeeding to the top leadership of the Church but not as Pope. Since he would not rise to the Papacy itself but instead would become, in effect, the top caretaker of the Church, he would not need to assume a new papal name such as Peter; thus he would keep the name he has had since his birth in Italy, and that name already would be Peter (or, in Italian, Pietro). Currently (that is, as of March 2006) there is only one such candidate for Petrus Romanus (or Peter the Roman) within the Roman Curia. His name is Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Under-Secretary of State for Relations with States, appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2002 to serve under Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. A native of Schiavon, Italy, Monsignor Parolin was born in January 1955."

The speculation above seems at least worthy of consideration given:

--Pope Benedict XVI's recent consistory at the Vatican (on 3-24-06) and the expectation that the new pontiff also will hold more consistories in the future.

--The expectation that Pope Benedict is about to streamline the Roman Curia (including forcing Angelo Sodano, the Vatican's Secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals, to retire sometime in April).

--The fact that in 2,000 years no newly-elected Pope has ever had the nerve to take the name of Peter (making it unlikely that there will ever be a Pope Peter II but more likely that Peter the Roman will be a non-Pope who acts as caretaker of the Church).

--Pope Benedict's desire to reach out to the Muslim world.

--The recent bombing by Muslim extremists of a 1,200-year-old mosque's dome in Iraq.
St. Malachy's Prophecy
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Page Morgan
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This is a well researched and historically accurate novel set in Italy at the height of the sixteenth century Renaissance. It revolves around the still disputed prophecies of the Irish St. Malachy who described the final 112 popes to reign until the last one early in the second millennium. (Pope John Paul II is number 110.) It is a riveting tale of two charismatic men who find themselves the unwilling custodians of a saint's writings, those who seek them at all cost, and how the prophecy may have caused a disastrous papal conclave. It is a story of war, revenge, greed, illicit love and adventure.

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3 out of 5 stars Malachy's Peter the Roman revealed?.......2006-03-28

Is Monsignor Pietro Parolin, an official with the Vatican's Roman Curia, destined to be Saint Malachy's prophesied "Petrus Romanus"?

The following might present what is to be the future fulfillment of St. Malachy's prophecy concerning "Peter the Roman."

It is lifted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes ...

"Because no number is assigned to Petrus Romanus (Malachy's 112th "pope"), it is possible that (Peter the Roman) may take on the role of the Pope without putting on the robe of the Pope. Under this possible scenario, a catastrophe at the Vatican (perhaps a terrorist attack) could wipe out the top leadership of the Church during either a consistory or a conclave of the College of Cardinals. As a result, with no viable College surviving to elect a new pontiff, this particular scenario would have a surviving official of the Roman Curia succeeding to the top leadership of the Church but not as Pope. Since he would not rise to the Papacy itself but instead would become, in effect, the top caretaker of the Church, he would not need to assume a new papal name such as Peter; thus he would keep the name he has had since his birth in Italy, and that name already would be Peter (or, in Italian, Pietro). Currently (that is, as of March 2006) there is only one such candidate for Petrus Romanus (or Peter the Roman) within the Roman Curia. His name is Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Under-Secretary of State for Relations with States, appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2002 to serve under Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. A native of Schiavon, Italy, Monsignor Parolin was born in January 1955."

The speculation above seems at least worthy of consideration given:

--Pope Benedict XVI's recent consistory at the Vatican (on 3-24-06).

--The expectation that the new pontiff also will hold more consistories in the future.

--The expectation that Benedict is about to streamline the Roman Curia (including forcing Angelo Sodano, the Vatican's Secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals, to retire sometime in April).

--The fact that in 2,000 years no newly-elected Pope has ever had the nerve to take the name of Peter (making it unlikely that there will ever be a Pope Peter II but more likely that Peter the Roman will be a non-Pope who acts as caretaker of the Church).

--Pope Benedict's desire to reach out to the Muslim world.

--The recent bombing by Muslim extremists of a 1,200-year-old mosque's dome in Iraq.
An Historical And Critical Account Of The So-Called Prophecy Of St. Malachy: Regarding The Succession Of Popes
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    An Historical And Critical Account Of The So-Called Prophecy Of St. Malachy: Regarding The Succession Of Popes
    M. J. O'Brien
    Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 1430482621

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    This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
    The Prophecies of St Malachy & St Columbkille;
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      The Prophecies of St Malachy & St Columbkille;

      Manufacturer: Smythe
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Unknown Binding

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      ASIN: 0900675195
      The Prophecies of St. Malachy
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        The Prophecies of St. Malachy

        Manufacturer: Tan Books
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback
        ASIN: B000SAHSWA

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        Introduction and commentary by Peter Bander.
        The Last Pope. The Decline And Fall Of The Church Of Rome. The Prophecies Of St.Malachy For The New Millennium
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          The Last Pope. The Decline And Fall Of The Church Of Rome. The Prophecies Of St.Malachy For The New Millennium
          JOHN HOGUE
          Manufacturer: Element
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Hardcover
          ASIN: B000KFYU38
          The prophecies of St. Malachy
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            The prophecies of St. Malachy
            Mary Emmanuel
            Manufacturer: Catholic Truth Society of Ireland
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Unknown Binding

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            ASIN: B00087O362
            The Prophecies of St. Malachy and St. Columbkille
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              The Prophecies of St. Malachy and St. Columbkille
              Cardinale & Quin (Forward By)
              Manufacturer: Great Britain: Smythe, 1969
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback
              ASIN: 0900675225

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