‘Judgement Day’ may actually be upon us pretty soon, if a secret 900-year-old Vatican book of prophecies is to be believed.
A chilling ancient text that has been discovered in the archives of the Vatican reportedly predicts the year the so-called ‘Day of Judgement’ will take place.
The book, titled ‘Prophecy of the Popes’, was written by the Irish bishop, Saint Malachy, in the 12th century and appears to make some outlandish theories concerning the sequence of every pope from Celestine II in 1143 up until our current pontiff, Pope Francis.
The book appears to end with Pope Francis (Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
The prophecy, uncovered years later in 1590, details 112 short Latin identifying descriptions of each Pope.
Eerily, it also pencils in a rough date for when Jesus is expected to rise again and come to Earth to determine who will go to heaven and who will be damned to the fiery depths of hell.
Some Christians consider the day, also sometimes referred to as Final Judgement or Doomsday, to be the end of the world as we know it, as every human being will stand before God to learn their fate.
According to the Saint, it’s due to take place in just two years’ time, 2027, though he did not give us a rough date to work with.
Still, the last passage of his book ominously reads: “In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations, after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. The End,” reports the Daily Star.
Some have interpreted the passage to mean someone called Peter will take the reigns from Pope Francis, 88, who is currently in an on-going health battle after suffering ‘acute respiratory failures.’
Pope Benedict XVI was also amongst the list of predictions (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Saint Malachy supposedly wrote the book after he claimed to have had a vision when on a trip to Rome in 1139.
And some of his prognostications have gone on to seemingly come true in the past, for instance his description of Pope John XXII (1316 to 1334).
The seer wrote ‘de sutore ossed’, translating to ‘from the bony shoemaker’, as per Catholic.com, which appeared to align with John XXII who was not only the son of a shoemaker but whose family name was ‘Ossa’, meaning bone.
Another passage, ‘lilium et rosa’ appeared to match with Pope Urban VIII (1623 to 1644) whose family coat of arms was covered with lilies and roses.
Another scarily accurate pope prediction came under ‘De labore Solis,’ which means eclipse of the sun.
Pope John Paul II, who took on the religious title from 1978 to 2005, was born during a solar eclipse in the 1920s.
He also reportedly predicted the 111th pope ‘Gloria Olivae’, meaning ‘Glory to the olive.’
Well, it just so happens the Order of Saint Benedicts also go by the name Olivetans, leading the Catholic church to infer Malachy’s prediction came true once again between 2005 and 2013 when Pope Benedict XVI took over.
However, some scholars have disputed the origins of the Saint’s texts, largely because many of the descriptions ‘become vague’ from the 16th century onwards and up until the book was ‘discovered’ in the Roman Archives.
The Catholic church does note there have been some hits in the modern era too but that there have been ‘many more misses.’
Modern scholars say that the book is simply forgery created for partisan political reasons.
I guess we’ll find out…
After overwhelming demand, Sabrina Carpenter has added 12 new dates to her sold-out Short n’ Sweet world tour, and there are limited places to bag tickets.
The songstress will return to major US states for the final leg of her tour this fall, with stops in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, Toronto, and Pittsburgh.
Sharing the news on Instagram, Carpenter wrote: “You asked and we listened!!! So excited to announce an additional leg of the Short n’ Sweet Tour – coming back to a few select cities this fall! Can’t wait to see you all for one last short n’ sweet hurrah and Europe, see you in just a few days.”
Fans have expressed their excitement at a ‘second shot’ of bagging tickets on Reddit, after many struggled to beat the queues the first time around.
One fan wrote on the plaform, “Yes! I finally have a shot again, hopefully the prices don’t make me pass out though…”
Another shared: “EEEEK SO EXCITED. I missed the first leg and I was so bummed about it.”
A third warned, “Oh, this Ticketmaster queue is gonna be a bloodbath (again).”
So, how can you make sure to get hold of tickets? From presale opening times to ticket prices and new tour dates, find out everything you need to know below.
How to sign up for Sabrina Carpenter presale access
The exclusive Cash App presale via Ticketmaster opened at 10am (local time) on Tuesday, March 4. This was shortly followed by the Team Sabrina Presale at 12pm (local time) on the same day.
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If you didn’t manage to get to the front of the queue, then don’t panic. General sale kicks off at 10am (local time) on Friday, March 7 via Ticketmaster.
Tickets will also be available to purchase from resale sites such as StubHub, TicketNetwork, and Viagogo. If you’re looking for Los Angeles tickets, head here. New York? Visit Viagogo and StubHub. For those of you based in Pittsburgh, you want to head to TicketNetwork now.
Just be aware of scammers and make sure you’re buying from a legitimate seller.
According to Yahoo, general sale tickets are expected to range from $90 to $160, but will vary depending on the venue and seat.
Who is supporting Sabrina Carpenter on tour?
The singer will be in good company on tour. Amber Mark and Olivia Dean will support Carpenter on her new North America tour dates, whilst Ravyn Lenae will take over for select shows.
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What are Sabrina Carpenter’s new tour dates?
The pop star will kickstart the final leg of her tour with two nights in Pittsburgh, before heading to New York for a further three performances. She will then tick off Nashville and Toronto, before wrapping things up in Los Angeles.
Sabrina Carpenter’s new tour dates:
- 23 October: Pittsburgh, PPG Paints Arena
- 24 October: Pittsburgh, PPG Paints Arena
- 29 October: New York, Madison Square Garden
- 31 October: New York, Madison Square Garden
- 1 November: New York, Madison Square Garden
- 4 November: Nashville, Bridgestone Arena
- 5 November: Nashville, Bridgestone Arena
- 10 November: Toronto, Scotiabank Arena
- 11 November: Toronto, Scotiabank Arena
- 20 November: Los Angeles, Crypto.com Arena
- 22 November: Los Angeles, Crypto.com Arena
- 23 November: Los Angeles, Crypto.com Arena
Scientists have deciphered the world’s most ancient map that could help locate the remnants of ‘Noah’s ark’ in ancient Mesopotamia.
Housed at the British Museum, a Babylonian artefact known as Imago Mundi (Latin for ‘Image of the World’) features a map of Mesopotamia — present-day Iraq — enclosed by two circles representing the bitter river.
The tablet provided contemporary travellers with a set of directions on its reverse.
Discovered in 1882 by renowned archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam in Sippar, the map was written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900 years ago.
The artefact was damaged, but used to include eight triangles surrounding the central circle and indicating mountains.
The Imago Mundi is a Babylonian map on display at the British Museum. (YouTube/The British Museum)
Assyriologist Dr Irving Finkel, who works for the Department of the Middle East in the British Museum and specialises in cuneiform inscriptions, and a gifted student of his, Edith Horsley, joined a fragment of the tablet to the map back in 1995, with this missing piece helping researchers to uncover a biblical reference.
Among the keys to read the map, one portion says that travellers must pass through ‘seven leagues… [to] see something that is thick as a parsiktu-vessel’.
In a gripping YouTube video, Dr Finkel said that ‘parsiktu’ is a crucial term in his field.
The word appeared on another ancient Babylonian tablet, specifically in connection to the size of a boat needed to survive the Great Flood.
“This parsiktu measurement, is something to an Assyriologist which makes their ears prick, and the fact is it’s only once otherwise known from cuneiform tablets and it’s rather an interesting cuneiform tablet too,” said Dr Finkel.
“Because it is the description of the Ark which was built, theoretically, by the Babylonian version of Noah.”
It seems that when following the instruction of the Imago Mundi, researchers would find a path to ‘Urartu’, where an ancient Mesopotamian poem claims a man and his family landed an ark to preserve life amid the flood.
Dr Irving Finkel and his student Edith Horsley managed to find a piece to join to the map in 1995. (YouTube/The British Museum)
The location is the Assyrian equivalent to ‘Ararat,’ which is the Hebrew word for the mountain where Noah crashed the Biblical vessel.
“It shows that the story was the same, and of course that one led to the other but also, that from the Babylonian point of view, this was a matter of fact thing,” Dr Finkel said. “That if you did go on this journey you would see the remnants of this historic boat.”
He continued: “For the first time, we can pronounce with authority, that if we were an ancient Babylonian, we would know where to go to see the remnants of that wonderful boat.”
Missing plane conspiracies are scary enough to make you never want to fly again.
Case in point – the mysterious case of the missing Angola Boeing 727 that disappeared in 2003.
What sets this case apart is the fact that the aircraft was stolen from the airport.
And it has still yet to be found twenty years on.
A Boeing 727 (not pictured) went missing in 2003. (Ralf-Finn Hestoft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Two men boarded the plane on May 25, 2003, as it sat parked in Aeroporto Quatro de Fevereiro in Luanda, Angola.
One man, Ben C. Padilla was a US citizen and a private pilot, whilst the other, John M. Mutantu was from Angola.
The plane, whose plane number read 844AA, was old, having accumulated 68,488 hours in the sky and 43,390 cycles over 26.5 years – but was considered to be in working order.
However, back in 2003, planes didn’t have the same tracking technology that they have today.
After takeoff, the men then switched off the lights and the transponder and the plane has not been seen since – having last been seen heading south-west towards the Atlantic Ocean.
The plane disappeared without a trace. (Getty stock image)
The aircraft, which, according to Aviation Safety Network, was owned by Aerospace Sales & Leasing, had been grounded at the airport since March 2002.
According to Simpleflying.com, the plane was reportedly in the process of being converted for use by Nigerian company IRS Airlines.
So, that’s all the background…what are the theories?
Padilla’s sister, Benita Padilla-Kirkland, has her own.
Speaking to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in 2004, she voiced her suspicions that the plane had either crashed somewhere in Africa or her brother was being held against his will.
And Padilla’s brother, Joe, had a similar working theory.
Speaking in 2010, he maintained that somebody had been waiting on the plane for Padilla and Mutantu.
He also believed that they were forced into taking the aircraft and then killed.
Other theories include that the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, stolen for insurance fraud or that it was disassembled for parts on the Tanzania border.
No plane debris has ever been found. (Getty stock image)
At the time, retired US Marine General and the commander of US forces in the Horn of Africa, Mastin Robeson, said: “It was never clear whether it was stolen for insurance purposes by the owners, whether it was stolen with the intent to make it available to unsavory characters, or whether it was a deliberate, concerted terrorist attempt.
“There was speculation of all three.”
A sighting was initially reported in July 2003 in Conarky, Guinea, but later dismissed by the U.S. State Department.
The mystery of the plane remains unsolved – with a 2010 deep-dive investigation published in Smithsonian Magazine drawing out no conclusive answers.
The author, Tim Wright, finished the article on this note, saying: “I found a story of broken deals, disappointments, and betrayals, but no real clues to the aircraft’s destination that day in 2003.
“We may never know for sure where it went. It is the largest aircraft ever to have disappeared without a trace.”
The White House has finally spoken out about the rise of ‘drones’ over New Jersey as troubling theories continue to spread.
Dozens of residents have spotted drones flying overhead on the East Coast in recent weeks, with many speculating what the aircrafts are doing and where they might have come from. And naturally, fears over national security have been ramping up.
Garden State residents have made some 5,000 reports to a tip line about drone sightings across Morris, Passaic, Bergen and Hunterdon County since November 18, though fewer than 100 have been deemed worthy of further investigation, an FBI official has since said.
The Pentagon confirmed in a briefing on Wednesday last week (December 11) that the drones hadn’t come from a ‘mothership’ in Iran, which is what New Jersey Representative Jeff Van Drew had told Fox News.
The claim prompted spokesperson Sabrina Singh to say there was ‘no evidence’ the drones ‘are coming from a foreign entity or the work of an adversary’.
Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder also said on Monday that the matter is being taken ‘very seriously’, but stressed thousands of drones are flown across the country legally every day.
He said it’s not ‘unusual’ to see drones and they are not an ‘indication of malicious activity or any public safety threat’.
A drone sighting in New Jersey (Twitter/@JerzyBets)
Now, White House spokesman John Kirby has weighed in on the story and has revealed the drones over people’s homes are a ‘combination’ of permitted personal, commercial and governmental aircraft – and stars – many of which he said are being used for the ‘betterment’ of society.
The National Security Communications Advisor said, per local reports: “We assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and even stars that were mistakenly reported as drones.
“We have not identified anything anomalous or any national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the Northeast. The work continues.”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates there at least 1 million registered drones, with 8,000 legally permitted to fly every day.
Thousands of drones are permitted to fly across the US every day (Getty Stock Photo)
The FAA also lifted some restrictions around drones being flown at night in September last year which the Department of Homeland Security’s Alejandro Mayorkas said may have fueled some of the upset.
He told ABC: “That may be one of the reasons why now people are seeing more drones than they did before, especially from dawn to dusk. I want to assure the American public that we are on it.”
The confirmation also comes as federal authorities have been accused of failing to give a proper explanation about the phenomenon in recent weeks while trying to offer assurance that there aren’t any national security issues to be concerned about.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced a push for legislation on Monday that would provide more resources ad give local officials authority to address the drone situation.
White House officials said drones are for the ‘betterment’ of society (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Schumer said in a Senate floor speech: “The reports of the past few weeks have ignited immense anxiety and confusion for millions of people living across the Northeast.
“Thankfully, there is no reason to believe these drone sightings pose a national security threat. But even so they can be disruptive if they fly over restricted airspace like airports or bases. In the meantime, I urge DHS to take all necessary action to deploy as many drone-detecting resources as possible.”
President-elect Donald Trump also said during his press conference at Mar-a-Lago: “For some reason, they don’t want to comment, and I think they’d be better off saying what it is. Our military knows. Our president knows, and for some reason they want to keep people in suspense.
“I can’t imagine it’s the enemy, because if it was the enemy they’d blast it.”
