Does Pope Francis l fulfill the role as ‘Petrus Romanus’?
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ (born December 17, 1936) is an Argentine cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires since 1998. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. He was elected Pope on March 13, 2013, taking the papal name Francisco.…….
As a member of the Society of Jesus, of whom the leader is often called the black pope, does he fulfill the role as ‘Petrus Romanus’?
The Jesuit Order is an absolute monarchy. Their general, “the Black Pope” rules for life.
I heard that St Malachy foresaw that the LAST POPE will be called (or have some relation to the phrase) “Petrus Romanus.”
The new pope is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a Jesuit cardinal from Argentina who at face-value had nothing to do with the word “rock” or Rome. I dissected his name and origins, and nothing here was directly associated with ROCK or ROME. Anyway I was just curious so I looked this up today. Here is what I found:
We all know that Jesus IS “THE ROCK” according to the Holy Scriptures. The Greek origin of the word “rock” is petra (petra = rock, petros = stone).
Then I went to Wikipedia and other references to look at who the Jesuits are (their history etc). I learned that Jesuits are members of the Society of Jesus, whose headquarters is in Rome. “Jesuit” is what you call a member of the SOCIETY OF JESUS.
The SOJ’s headquarters, its General Curia, is in Rome… or The SOJ of ROME, or SOCIETY of the ROCK of ROME.
I found that swapping the word JESUS with PETER (given Jesus IS THE Rock) will give you PETER of Rome.
JESUS OF ROME, or PETER OF ROME, or PETRUS ROMANUS.
ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING: Pope Francis is the FIRST ever JESUIT to become pope. If there were other Jesuits before him, THEN THIS ANALOGY WILL NOT APPLY, because then the other guys would just be as Petrus Romanus as he is.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus