There are a few different prophecies of this type, private revelations about the future of the Church, stating that a future Pope will be non-canonically elected, and will lead people astray.

Principles of caution: First of all, there are many false private revelations in the world today. These false private revelations often contain heretical and schismatic errors. A common error is the attempt to make the faithful fear the institutional Church, and flee Her to be led by visionaries and small groups formed around visionaries.

Second, any true private revelation can be misunderstood by the visionary. Third, any true private revelation, absent an interpretation by the visionary, can be misunderstood by interpreters today.

I have spent many years of studying and writing Catholic eschatology, based on Sacred Scripture, the prophecies of Saints, and the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary at various apparitions. I have concluded that a certain sequence of events will occur, regarding the papacy. My eschatology is fallible and highly speculative.

Under Pope Francis, a great schism will occur. I have been predicting this for many years, before it was apparent from the reaction of conservatives to the Pope. This is the conservative schism; it is well underway. I speculate that Pope Francis will resign, once the conservative schism reaches the point of many conservatives falling away from the Church.

The next Pope will be very conservative. He will excommunicate the conservative schismatics and heretics. Conservative Popes do not put up with that kind of shit, the way that liberal Popes do. (Swearing for emphasis.) So when the conservative Pope is elected — who I think will be Cardinal Arinze as Pope Pius XIII — the conservative accusers of Pope Francis will rejoice. They will be so happy! They will be triumphant! They will expect the conservative Pope to “set everything right”. He will not.

The next conservative Pope is not going to reject Vatican II. Instead, he is likely to declare that (1) all the teachings of every Ecumenical Council on faith and morals is infallible, including all teachings of the Second Vatican Council. He will reject the idea that Vatican II is merely pastoral, and so can be disregarded. He might also include in this declaration that (2) the decisions on discipline of an Ecumenical Council cannot err gravely, as this contradicts the indefectibility of the Church.

These actions by the new Pope will leave zero path back to the Church for the conservative schismatics under Francis, the Francis-accusers, other than repentance. No more rejection of any teaching on faith or morals of an Ecumenical Council. No more claims that Vatican II is destroying the Church by means of the Novus Ordo Mass. So their joy at the election of a conservative will be very short lived.

I also expect the new Pope to issue an ultimatum to the Francis accusers, (3) to sign some type of document recanting their accusations of teaching grave error or failing in faith, as well as any accusations against Pope Francis that he was not a valid Pope.

However, the new conservative Pope will likely make some changes that please conservatives, such as (4) reception of Communion kneeling, on the tongue, changes to the Novus Ordo Mass and expansion of The Latin Mass, etc.

The new Pope may (5) make changes to Canon Law prohibiting a repeat of the behavior patter under Pope Francis, no more public accusations against the Pope of grave errors in teaching (not possible), grave errors in discipline (not possible), invalidity, and no personal accusations against the Pope. [Even though Popes can sin gravely, it is not the place of any idiot with an internet connection to make the accusation.] These are reasonable necessary restrictions to prevent grave scandal from causing vast numbers of Catholics who are weak in faith from falling away completely due to the constant stream of accusations against the Vicar of Christ.

The conservative Pope will also issue many infallible teachings, some of which anger the conservatives, but most of which anger the liberals. The liberal Catholics will be compelled to reject certain common heresies among them, and to submit to the authority of the Church over doctrine and discipline. Many will refuse, and a liberal schism, larger than the conservative schism, will cause most Catholics to leave the Church.

But I digress. I was writing about a false Pope. Neither Pope Francis, nor the next conservative Pope is false or invalid. There are dogmas at stake here. One cannot merely assert that a Pope is invalid and evil. Any Roman Pontiff accepted by the body of Bishops as the valid Pope is necessarily valid, regardless of the circumstances of his election. So even a non-canonically elected Roman Pontiff is valid if the body of Bishops accepts him. And every valid Pope has the prevenient grace of God to have never-failing faith and to be free from grave errors in doctrine and discipline.

So a non-canonically elected Pope, accepted by the body of Bishops, cannot lead us astray. And though Popes can sin gravely in personal matters, they cannot fail gravely in faith and therefore, they cannot intend to harm or destroy the Church.

Neither is this contrary to free will, as the Pope freely accepts his office and he may freely lay it down. In accepting the office, every Roman Pontiff accepts the charisms and graces that are given to the person of the Roman Pontiff by Christ, the Son of God.

The conservative Pope, Pius XIII, will be martyred. He will be captured during World War 3, put on trial, blinded, and taken to a prison in Iraq to die peacefully, just like king Zechariah in Sacred Scripture.

[Ezekiel]
{12:12} And the leader who is in their midst will be carried on shoulders; he will go forth in darkness. They will dig through the wall, so that they may lead him away. His face will be covered, so that he may not see the land with his eye.
{12:13} And I will extend my net over him, and he will be captured in my dragnet. And I will lead him to Babylon, into the land of the Chaldeans, but he himself will not see it. And there he shall die.

[2 Kings]
{25:2} And the city was enclosed and besieged, even until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
{25:3} on the ninth day of the month. And a famine prevailed in the city; neither was there bread for the people of the land.
{25:4} And the city was breached. And all the men of war fled in the night along the way of the gate which is between the double wall at the garden of the king. Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides. And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness.
{25:5} And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. And all the warriors who were with him were dispersed, and they abandoned him.
{25:6} Therefore, having apprehended him, they led the king to the king of Babylon at Riblah. And he was speaking with him in judgment.
{25:7} Then he killed the sons of Zedekiah before him, and he dug out his eyes, and he bound him with chains, and he led him away to Babylon.

Two Popes Elected

Rome will be captured by the enemy in World War 3 (by the Islamic extremists). The next election for Roman Pontiff will take place outside of Rome. And there will be so few Cardinals available for this conclave, that the Cardinals will decide to allow some Bishops to participate in the conclave. This will be a valid conclave and valid election, even though non-canonical. For the authority to elect each new Roman Pontiff rests with the body of Bishops (the successors to the Apostles), even though it is ordinarily exercised by the Cardinals. That is why the acceptance of a Roman Pontiff by the body of Bishops confirms the validity of a Roman Pontiff. (It does not confirm the validity of the conclave, as even an invalid conclave can produce a valid Pope, if the body of Bishops subsequently accept him.)

Then the liberals who had departed from the Church under Pius 13th will decide that they have enough Cardinals and Bishops for a conclave of their own, outside of Rome. This, too, will be a non-canonical conclave. However, this liberal conclave will not merely be non-canonical, it will also be entirely invalid. The difference is that, in the one case, the electors are those Cardinals and Bishops who remained faithful to both Francis and Pius 13th. Whereas the other conclave is by schismatics.

So then we will have two Popes, one valid and one invalid. These two conclaves of course occur after the death of Pius 13th. I think the valid conclave occurs first, but I could be wrong on that point. Check with me at the time of the event.

Now the antipope is I think elected by the liberal schismatics, and they will have a vast number of supporters, as liberal errors are much more common in the Church than conservative errors. Having the support of liberal society and the liberal media, the liberal antipope with his many liberal schismatic supporters will seem like a valid Pope to the unbelievers, to secular society. But the true Pope will be the one elected by the faithful Cardinals and Bishops, of course.

This antipope will be the most prominent antipope in the history of the Church to that point in time. His support from politicians, media outlets, and a large number of unfaithful Catholics will allow him to do much harm. He will teach grave errors, which is impossible for a true Pope. He will make very harmful changes to discipline, which is also impossible for a true Pope. He will reject the teachings of Pius XIII as heresy, and of course a true Pope would never accuse a past valid Pope of heresy — not since Vatican I made the dogmatic definition on the never-failing faith of every Roman Pontiff.

And that is the explanation for the prophecies about two popes, and for the prophecies about an evil pope, non-canonically elected, who causes grave harm.

But know this: the dogmas of the Catholic Church are an unbreakable unmovable Rock against which all false or inaccurate or misinterpreted prophecies will be broken and crushed. It remains true that no valid Pope can ever teach or commit heresy; no valid Pope can intend to harm or destroy the Church. Every valid Pope has the charism of truth and of never failing faith. So during the time of the evil (seemingly good) liberal antipope, there will be a true Pope.

And certainly, this evil liberal Pope from the prophecies is NOT Pope Francis. Since he has been accepted by the body of Bishops, he is a valid Pope, and therefore he can never err gravely on doctrine or discipline, as the evil antipope will err. That is the explanation.

So how does this end, the conflict between the true Pope, who will be moderate, not particularly holy, whose supporters are not very ardent, not a particularly good Pope; and the false Pope, who will be eloquent and have lots of ardent supporters? The Allies will recapture Rome, driving the army of the Muslim extremists back. Then both men will go to Rome, each to bolster is claim to be the valid Roman Pontiff. Having lost the city of Rome, the Muslim extremists will strike the city with a nuclear missile, killing both the popular antipope and the unpopular true pope. The next conclave, outside of Rome, will be valid and will elect a true Pope whose validity is not disputed.

Ronald L. Conte Jr.