The Malachy Prophecies... Reliable or Not?

I just had a thought that a false prophet cannot utter a true prophecy except if God allows it like He did to Balaam the false prophet. However looking that God has completed His work in Revelation, now there are the Roman Catholic prophecies called the "Prophecies of St. Malachy" to which it was claimed that this guy named Malachy got into a trance. However there has been some disputes even among Roman Catholic scholars and canonized saints on their validity namely:
Bernard of Clairvaux - He was a contemporary in the time of Malachy, where in 1139 he assisted the Second Council of Lateran. In the biography later, this guy made no mention of the prophecies of the Malachy at all. Isn't that strange?
The official Catholic encyclopedia suggests that they are 16th century forgeries just like the current prophecies of the false prophet Nostradamus who predicted the "dancing horse" would lead to the Apocalypse. The Korean entertainer got his 1,000,000,000 mark and the world didn't end!
Benito Jerinimo Feijoo a Spanish Benedictine monk admitted that the "Prophecies of St. Malachy" were a forgery that were created ad hoc in the 16th century. He offers the fact that a handwritten account by patriarch Alfonso Chacon in 1590. This later revealed the papal fraud where in an attempt to make Girolamo Simoncelli become the next Pope. Simoncelli however didn't become the next Pope.
Fr. Claude-Francopis Menestrier a JESUIT priest also claimed that the prophecies were forged in order to help the papal candidacy of Girolamo Simncelli offering the reasons reasons as Feijoo. Hmmm... maybe the Jesuits have also taken part perhaps?
Jose Luis Calvo a Spanish historian points out that the prophecies seem to be very accurate UNTIL Urban VII fitting perfectly even the antipopes but that afterwards great efforts to be made in order to make the prophecies fit their Pope.

An interesting dangler:
There is glaring flaw in the Pope Prophecy. Malacy, the Archbishop from Ireland, who had the papal vision named only 111 popes. His last pope pertained to the 'Glory of the Olive', which happens to be Benedict XVI, who is in office at present. This error gets passed on and repeated and is now considered a fact. The 112th pope listed, Peter the Roman, was added to the list 419 years after Malacy made his list based on a vision he had while visiting the Vatican in 1138. An order of Benedictine monks added Peter the Roman to give the story a happier ending. Malacy predicted total destruction of the holy city and the church itself. The Benedictine's version has the church fleeing, and later rebuilding.
This information is out there if one is persistant enough to dig it up. An interesting aside: Edgar Cayce, aka The Sleeping Prophet, also predicted the Benedict XVI will be the last pope. So for those of you who are waiting for Peter the Roman, you may have quite a wait.

Strangely, Malachy predicted the fall of the Great Whore of Revelation. Hmmm... that really gets more interesting than the latest fictional stories to be published.

Also some Bible verses to consider from the Good News Translation which is a Roman Catholic translation to those who are starting get excited for the Rapture or two, panicking the world will end:
Deuteronomy 18:22 - "If a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and what he says DOES NOT COME TRUE, then it is not the LORD's message. That prophet has spoken on his own authority and you are not to fear him."
Matthew 24:36 - "No one knows however when that day and hour will come- NEITHER THE ANGELS in Heaven nor the Son but the Father alone knows."
Acts 1:7 - "Jesus said to them, The times and occasions are set by My Father's own authority and it is not for you to know when they will be."

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