The prophecy of St. Malachy of 1139 AD says that there will only be one last Pope after the current one.

The Mayan calendar ends.

2012 (MMXII) will be a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

April 17 — The United States will cede control of the military of the Republic of Korea after 50 years of control.

June 6 — Second and last solar transit of the planet Venus of this century; the next pair is predicted to occur in 2117 and 2125

The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the Maya civilization among others of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, completes its thirteenth b’ak’tun cycle since the calendar’s mythical starting point . . . The Long Count b’ak’tun date of this starting point (13.0.0.0.0) is repeated, for the first time in a span of approximately 5,125 solar years. The significance of this period-ending to the pre-Columbian Maya themselves is unclear, and there is an incomplete inscription (Tortuguero Monument 6) that records this date.
NASA predicts that the Sun will reverse its own magnetic poles during 2012 as result of reaching the end of the current 11-year sunspot cycle.
Tiki dude,
I am not saying anythi9ng about the end of the world. I don’t believe that I am referring to the end of the world. All I asked is; Isn’t it strange that all these things are lining up with our current time.
What is it with you people? If I were a scientist, I would gather sources that had to do with what I was analyzing, and not form a conclusion based upon assumption, but merely observe until I could see a pattern or recognize a correlation. I have not recognized anything except that these things are all lining up with our current time.
Why are all of you jumping to conclusions about what I have said??!

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