The Roman Peter II: The Last Pope?
By Jorge R. Araujo-Matiz

As reviewed by the New York Times best selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh

Saint Malachy, born in Ireland in 1094 A.D., may be one of the lesser-known 
lights among the Catholic firmament, but as Archbishop of Armagh, he is 
generally recognized for having made great strides in reorganizing and 
reforming the Irish Church and strengthening its obedience to Rome.  
Historical records also indicate that, while in Rome nine years prior to his 
death in 1148, he apparently received a vision that revealed to him  all of the 
popes from his era until the end of time.  He recorded his vision, providing 
poetic descriptions for each one of the pontiffs, and presented the results to 
Pope Innocent II, who sadly saw little value in it.  Consequently, the 
manuscript was largely forgotten until 1590, at which time it was supposedly 
rediscovered.

Since that time, the accuracy and authencity of Saint Malachy’s narrative has 
been heatedly questioned, although even to the least forgiving of interpreters, 
his predictions have been remarkably prescient.  Assuming Saint Malachy’s 
prophecies maintain their present track record, the current pope, 
Benedict XVI, will be followed by Pope Peter the Roman, who some 
believe will be the Antichrist.  “In the final persecution of the Holy Roman 
Church there will reign Peter the Roman,” Saint Malachy supposedly said, 
“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.”

These chilling words serve as the opening passage of a captivating book by 
Jorge R. Araujo-Matiz, The Roman Peter II: The Last Pope?, which taps 
into the frightening possibility that Saint Malachy’s prophecy about the last 
pope may prove just as accurate as those of the preceding popes.  In 
Araujo-Matiz’s breathtaking thriller, the Catholic Church ignites the fuse 
of Saint Malachy’s unsettling prophesy by breaking with tradition in 
selecting a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.  Instead of choosing a church 
leader to serve as the new pope, they select a member of the laity, who 
also happens to be a rich man as opposed to a devout ascetic and, most 
remarkably of all, a Judeo-Palestinian rather than a Catholic.

Born Simon Rosenthal, the new Bishop of Rome and earthly head of the 
Roman Catholic Church becomes Pope Peter II and begins a monumental 
process of changing the focus of the Catholic Church to achieve 
impossible good: devoting its enormous financial assets, in addition to his 
own, to try to stop and even reverse the most significant problems facing 
humanity and the planet itself, including global warming, widespread 
poverty, and unending hunger.

Not surprisingly, with all of the vested interests in the world taking one 
side or the other in the pivotal debates about the new policy of the Catholic 
Church, unprecedented conflict erupts among various special interest 
groups, leading to bloodshed, terrorism, and other forms of violence.  
When Pope Peter II makes his best effort to avoid disaster, partially by 
organizing a global meeting in Israel to bring together the leaders of the 
world’s religions, he is taken hostage by opposition groups.

In this nail-biter of a novel, the stakes are frighteningly high as Special 
Forces attempt to rescue the pope in time to prevent world calamity.  Yet 
even if they succeed there is no guarantee that Pope Peter II will be able 
to negotiate the history-changing peace among the world’s competing 
religions and governments that he has envisioned.

The Roman Peter II: The Last Pope? Pulls readers into a story as 
fast-paced and compelling as anything penned by author Dan Brown.  
A compelling and well-researched story, Jorge R. Araujo-Matiz’s 
work of fiction is made all the more chilling by the real-life visions 
of Saint Malachy, which just may turn out to be more accurate than 
even his supporters might fear.

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