The Last Pope Francis and the Fall of the Vatican

A historian dissects the prophecies of a Nostradamus-like seer who suggests the end of the papal throne—and the beginning of a new era in the Roman Catholic Church

Nearly a thousand years ago, the Archbishop of Armagh—later canonized as St. Malachy—made a series of prophecies that were hidden in the Vatican for four hundred years. His predictions gave clues to the identities of the 109 Popes from medieval times to present day, including the final Pope who would oversee the end of the Papacy and the fall of the Roman Catholic Church. The Last Pope examines the sudden ‘rediscovery’ of these prophecies in the sixteenth century, how they may have been used as propaganda in the campaign to promote Pope Gregory XIV to the papal throne, and how the 2013 papal election may have been our last.
 
Robert Howells has spent the last twenty years researching and writing about religious and historical mysteries. By drawing on his extensive knowledge of both the political and spiritual history of the Catholic Church, he places Pope Francis in the context of what will potential be the most challenging era for the papacy. The Last Pope seeks to answer questions surrounding the future of the Catholic church, offering an investigating that will fascinate readers who are fascinated by the unresolved mysteries in the history of Christianity.

Robert Howells has spent the last 20 years researching and writing about religious and historic mysteries. His first major book, Inside the Priory of Sion (Watkins), concluded with an examination of apocalyptic prophecies from historical, spiritual, and psychological perspectives and touched upon the Prophecies of the Popes. By drawing on his extensive knowledge of both the political and spiritual history of the Catholic Church he places Pope Francis in the context of what will potentially be the most challenging era for the papacy. He is the former manager of London's legendary Watkins Bookstore.