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 | | The motto for the 110th pope, John Paul II, is de laboris solis, "[He] of the labor of the sun." This prophecy is said to fit because the sun labors by traveling around the world (Malachy wrote before Copernicus!) and Pope John Paul II was famous for his travels. |
 | | The motto for the 109th pope, John Paul I, is de medietate lune, "[He] of the half moon." This prophecy is said to have been fulfilled because John Paul I became pope during a half moon and died 33 days later during another half moon. |
 | | Malachy's list was supposedly given to pope Innocent II, and remained hidden in the church archives until it was "discovered" in 1590, and published in 1595 by Arnold de Wyon. |
| balkin.blogspot.com /2005_04_17_balkin_archive.html (2779 words) |
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