Nostradamus’s eerie prediction about the future of Pope Francis is unearthed after Vatican revealed he was in a ‘critical’ condition
A chilling prediction made by 16th century astrologer Nostradamus has been unearthed after the Vatican revealed Pope Francis was in ‘critical’ condition.
Michel de Nostredame, better known as Nostradamus, supposedly predicted the fate of the Pope in an unearthed quote from his book ‘Les Propheties’, which was published in 1555.
He predicted that Pope Francis, the current religious head for the Catholic Church could have a replacement.
In prophecies written nearly 500 years ago, Nostradamus warned of the ‘death of a very old Pontiff.’
He wrote: ‘Through the death of a very old Pontiff… a Roman of good age will be elected. Of him it will be said that he weakens his see… but long will he sit and in biting activity.’
The prophecies have long been open to interpretation with many claiming they shouldn’t be taken too literally.
However, they have been seen in a new light since the Vatican revealed the current Pope is in ‘critical’ condition, though later had a ‘peaceful night’.
He also sent a message from his hospital bed thank supporters for their prayers and good wishes.
Another prophecy, attributed to 12th-century Irish Saint Malachy the French prophet referenced ‘the end’.
It comes as the Vatican announced that the Pope was in a critical condition with a complex lung infection
Nostradamus issued a chilling warning about the future of Pope Francis and the Catholic Church
He wrote: ‘In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The End.’
Some think this means a change of pope, potentially one taking the name Peter, could spell the end of the world.
Meanwhile, the current pope rested during a peaceful night after a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican said on Sunday.
The pope was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14 after experiencing difficulty breathing for several days and subsequently had pneumonia diagnosed in both lungs.
On Saturday he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being treated for pneumonia and a complex lung infection.
The pope received ‘high flows’ of oxygen to help him breathe and also had blood transfusions for the first time.
Tests had shown that the pope had low counts of platelets, which are needed for clotting, the Vatican said in a late update.
The statement on Saturday also said that the pontiff ‘continues to be alert and spent the day in an armchair although in more pain than yesterday’.
Baba Vanga, who died in August 1996, is even said to have predicted her own death
Doctors have said Francis’ condition is touch and go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, and that the main threat facing him is if the infection enters the bloodstream, a serious condition known as sepsis.
Francis, who has chronic lung disease and is prone to bronchitis in winter, was admitted to hospital after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.
More predictions from Nostradamus for 2025 suggested England would see ‘cruel wars’ break out from ‘her flanks’, creating ‘foes from within and without’.
A great pestilence from the past returns, no enemy more deadly under the skies,’ he added.
The French writer went on to predict that next year would see a ‘decrease in the influence of established Western countries’ and the ’emergence of new world powers’ as a prolonged conflict comes to an end with soldiers ‘exhausted’ by attritional warfare.
Nostradamus had prophesized that an extended war through 2024, like the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, would come to an end in 2025 when the armies are spent.
‘Through long war all the army exhausted, so that they do not find money for the soldiers; instead of gold or silver, they will come to coin leather, Gallic brass, and the crescent sign of the Moon,’ he wrote.
Gaul is the historical name for France. Gallic may refer to France or the French.
He did go on to suggest that ‘great powers will clash’ and the influence of the West would wane.
The mystic believed 2025 would see European powers clash with England, devastating the country and spawning new ‘foes’.
He also warned of an impending ‘pestilence from the past’.
Nostradamus also expected 2025 to bring pioneering advances in medicine as England battles its ancient plague.
In a more worrying prediction, he suggested this year would see a ‘fireball from the cosmos’ devastate the earth.
‘From the cosmos, a fireball will rise, A harbinger of fate, the world pleads. Science and fate in a cosmic dance, The fate of the Earth, a second chance.’
He also anticipated that climate change might cause natural disasters in Brazil, home to the Amazon rainforest.
He went on: ‘Garden of the world near the new city, In the path of the hollow mountains: It will be seized and plunged into the Tub, forced to drink waters poisoned by sulphur.’
Some of his claims were more absurd. Nostradamus believed that a ‘mysterious leader’ would rise from the sea during the chaos and form an ‘aquatic empire’.
Meanwhile the late Bulgarian psychic Baba Vanga suggested that next year would see Putin re-elected as Russia’s leader.
Putin was re-elected earlier this year, and Russia is not due another presidential election until 2030.
She also predicted a devastating war in Europe that would decimate the continent’s population, and more catastrophic natural events, including the eruption of dormant volcanoes.
Specifically, she mentioned an earthquake along the west coast of the United States.
California has experienced strong tremors in the past, including a 7.1 magnitude quake in 2019. None died.
Like Nostradamus, she also predicted that scientists would make a breakthrough in medicine, namely in lab-grown organs helping facilitate transplants.
And she predicted that telepathy would finally become a reality this year.
Perhaps most intriguingly, Baba claimed that humanity will make contact with extraterrestrial life during a major sporting event.
Her record is patchy. This year, she predicted a worldwide economic crisis, environmental meltdown and major medical advances in cancer and Alzheimer’s treatment.
One of her significant predictions for 2024 was the use of biological weapons by a powerful country.
Her supposed predictions run until the year 5079 when she believes the world will come to an end.
