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Whoa: Did Some Guy in Spain Really Predict the Next Pope Would Be Named ‘Francis I’ More Than a Month Ago?

Mar. 14, 2013 7:30pm Jason Howerton

Credit: @YolandaDeMena/Twitter

OK, this story is a little creepy.

A woman in Spain named Yolanda De Mena tweeted about a strange dream her boyfriend had on Feb. 11, 2013. Specifically, he had a dream that Pope Benedict resigned and was replaced by “Francis I” — more than one month before the real Pope Francis I was introduced to the world.

“My boyfriend woke up last night at 4am saying [he] had dreamed of a new pope called ‘Francis I’ and Benedict resignation today,” the tweet read, according to a Google translation.

(Twitter)

(BuzzFeed)

Notice the time-stamp? Yeah, we know.

The tweet has since gone viral and had more than 71,000 retweets and 20,000 favorites as of 7 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Unsurprisingly, the apparent God-sent premonition is freaking people out across the Internet.

“WTF? WTF WTF WTF?” one Twitter user replied on Wednesday.

“OMG!!” wrote another.

Other are remaining skeptical, however, the Daily Dot points out that a tweet can’t be altered after it’s been sent out. If it were possible, surely things like this would occur frequently. Maybe he had a relative who had a hand in selecting the new pope — there aren’t many good explanations.

What’s your take? Hoax or real-life premonition from God?

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universalphilos
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 9:29pm
August 13, 1971: “When thy speak unto the Lord, speak as thus into thineself.
But in thy time of meditation, too often thy should spend thy time in words. Take thy time in meditation to listen unto the words of the ones who should stand beside thee and thus give thee guidance, for it is a wise man who should listen unto his Lord.
But remember also, as there were past prophets of the old days, of the old planes, remember also that the Lord does deliver unto your time of a new time, of a new plane, and thus, He should speak in a new language, which all should hear. Do not tie thyselves unto the time of Lot, for what was done in the time of Lot is not thy time.
As your world progresses, go forth into this new time…..”

“I am not sure if I understand how to meditate. I have always felt that I know how to pray, and I wonder if you could tell me the difference in prayer and meditation, or how you would have us meditate?”
“In your time of prayer, this is the time that you pick to confess all things unto your Father, and this is good.
In meditation, listen to your Father. Open your mind. Place yourself with your God, your Father, your creator. Listen to Him well, and He should talk unto thee. And as His words come into thy mind, thy whole body shall, should ring on a spiritual beam. Spend this time to listen to God.
Can thy understand of which we speak?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOVI19oSphE&feature=share&list=UUBtweU_u3n_7tKpXm828–g

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Willik
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:03am
Regardless the prediction, the name ‘Francis I’ was inevetible for the first Jesuit Pope.

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Obama_In_PeePee_By_Zee_Arteeest_Beck
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:19am
“Whoa: Did Some Guy in Spain Really Predict the Next Pope Would Be Named ‘Francis I’ More Than a Month Ago?”

*yawn* Not impressed … You want Whoa? Here’s a REAL WHOA:

“It dawned on someone, back during the reign of Pope John-Paul II, especially when he was on his death-bad, that he was the 110th Pope and Saint Malachy had said [11th century prophecy] that the 112th Pope would be that last Pope and that he would be an evil Pope. Also, Saint Malachy said, the 111th Pope would have a special sign with him. And the sign was to be the ‘glory of the olive’.”

“So it was time to elect the present Pope, after the dead of Pope John-Paul II. There was someone that actually admonished the cardinals: whatever you do, don’t choose anyone that has anything to do with the olive because those end-time-nuts will come pouring out of the woodwork and claim that there’s something prophetic going on here.”

“Well, they elected Joseph Ratzinger and there’s no such thing as a Ratzinger olive or anything like that, it appeared that they were home-free. However, when the Popes are elected, they choose a special name under which to rule. And this Pope choose to rule under the name ‘Benedict the 16th’, because there has been 15 Benedicts prior to him. He explained why he chose this name ..”

Here comes the WHOA part .. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

“Evil Pope Foretold – Endtime Ministries”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaIm4lWLi9w

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- blueeyesbrowneyes
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:53pm
  The 112th and final pope is peter the first according to Malachi. The 112th pope is now Francis the first. Peter is also cosidered to be the first pope by Catholics. Interesting…
  
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Spitfire1938
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:28am
This is a tad off subject… but fun!

Two events in my life stand out for me: While spending a few days in Rome I purchased a hand scribed Papal dispensation signed by the pope for my Grandmothers 100th Birthday. They told me it would take more than a month to arrive in the US. More than three months later it still hadn’t arrived. On her birthday a Priest was scheduled to celebrate Mass at noon in Grandma’s house. At 11:45 am the Postman rang the bell and delivered the Popes Blessing, and as if the timely arrival wasn’t enough, he’d never before wrung our doorbell.

One morning I found a small object so obscure that to this day I cannot remember what it was. I put it in my pocket, thinking to myself “this will be fun to show to my coworkers because this object is something no one would ‘ever’ carry with them.” No sooner than I was in the front door a friend stopped me and asked if I might have the afore mentioned item with me; if so, he would like to borrow it. Nothing like that’s ever happened before … or since. And; I still think Grandma’s Birthday present ‘really’… was a miracle!

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Ailius
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:37am
So?

It was totally obvious. It was obvious that he would name himself after St. Francis, and wouldn’t be from either Europe or the US. Here are some other ‘prophecies’ for your enjoyment:

Francis I is going to start off his papacy with a extensive ‘housecleaning project’, forcing a lot of seat holders who shouldn’t be holding seats into retirement.

Francis I will then utilize the full power of the Catholic Church in a manner not seen in generations towards humanitarian projects and international development.

He will increase the status of the Church in the eyes of the world. The world will come to stop blaming the Church for everything bad that happened in European history and put much of the blame back on the monarchs where it belongs.

The population of the Church will increase by about a billion people. Much of this will be from other Christian denominations converting in droves.

Finally, I’d guess there’s about a 50% chance that Francis I will eventually call a crusade upon at least one terroristic asshat warlord who really deserves it. The other 50% would involve a secular authority declaring a campaign first, which Francis I would fully support. Nobody will miss the warlord.

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- ZengaPA65
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 7:28pm
  Here’s a a true prophecy. The Catholic church will be the same evil underhanded moneygrubbing scam it’s always been since the day it was conceived. Priests will still molest kids, bowel prowl each other and get nuns pregnant. Nothing will change.
  
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larryk7777
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:46pm
This is nothing, google Tom horn and Petra’s romanus, or exo vaticana, crazy stuff, but it’s all provable. Also check out the Vatican funded lucifer telescope in mt graham az. Wild stuff!

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iluv2bfree
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:22pm
I wonder if this guy can do lottery numbers. that would be sweet!

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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:48pm
People are betting on what day the pope is picked, who picks him, whom it is, and what day even.

It’s like papal roulette

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Valuable
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:13pm
I believe that God told him. Why? I don’t know but I don’t know why God chose to do all of the things he did from Genesis to Revelation but I believe every word of it. In my experience, the more odd it is, the more likely that God’s hand is in it as only He could pull it off.

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A Hoosier Says
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:09pm
Years ago, I had a dream right before the Colts played the Jets in the playoffs, and I saw that the score was 10-14 with only a few minutes left in the game. Colts were losing. I saw my friends around me standing up, jumping around, yelling at the tv, and then I woke up. Later, I went to a friends house to actually watch the game, and I told everyone about my dream before the game started. After the score ended up being 10-14 with only a few minutes left in the game, everyone got all riled up, screaming at the tv. Colts lost. It felt like deja-vu that lasted 5 minutes. Everyone got mad at me like it was my fault! More of a nightmare than a dream I guess.

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Margyt
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:35pm
This appears real and is no joke. This pope is significant in world affairs. I have no idea why God chose this man but who is to say he is the only one who got the revelation?

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- bertr
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:15pm
  If this does turn out to be legitimate I would like to hear a little more about the dream, I’m not inclined to assume this was a positive affirmation but also not saying it wasn’t.
  
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- Kathleen
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:40am
  In 1978, my father was on his way to work when he passed a man who had his newspaper open and he could quite clearly see on the front page that the Pope had died. When he got to work he mentioned to his co-workers as a matter of conversation but they had no idea what he was talking about. The following day, at home, the news came on television with the shock announcement that the Pope had died that very day. Dad, was like, how can that be, it happened yesterday.
  
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bertr
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:57pm
I find it interesting how so many people find the need to openly dismiss something they can’t explain. Appears to be a common response, but what is that all about lol.

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Diane TX
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:31pm
This kind of thing happens all the time. As a little girl I dreamed that I found a $20 bill on the sidewalk, and a few days later I did. My mom was shocked because I told her about my dream days before it happened.

Who knows why this happens? Maybe there is some giant conscious, single entity, out there, and we randomly hit the right frequency to tune in.

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- DagneyT
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:10pm
  Really? ‘Great consciousness’? Did you move to Texas from L.A. or NYC? Yes, Diane, there IS a GOD, my dear. He communicates in many ways, one of which is through dreams. It is His way of calling your name, He wants you to come to Him. Hear Him! Ask someone about Jesus, He will help you to understand.
  
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- Kathleen
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:43am
  That’s exactly how I see it as this has happened to me a few times as well as others in my family. It’s not such an unusual thing. It just goes to prove that we are spiritual beings, people of God and we sometimes “tune in” to big news.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:30pm
Oh, please.

I predicted Favre would be traded to the Jets months before it happened.
Where’s my participation trophy?

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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:35pm
  What’s your take? Hoax or real-life premonition from God?
  
  ++++++
  
  Neither if you are a wannabe detective.
  
  Think about it. There were clues even if those clues were not articulated. Pope Benedict was how old? Wishful thinking on the part many Spaniards would be that upon Benedict’s retirement or death that God would raise up an Franciscan.. The name? Franciscan. Francis.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:53pm
  CATHYVANDYKE
  
  Hoax or real-life premonition from God?
  
  Neither. It’s one of two things…
  
  1. We live in a conscious vacuum of sorts, as individuals. We are doing what we always do, have done, or will do. When we die, we are essentially born again, as the same person, and do all the same things we did last time, and will do at all times in the future. Certainly explains DeJa Vu. This “vision”, as are most visions, is DeJa Vu in reverse. Instead of remembering what happened in his past life AS it was happening, he did it a few days before it happened.
  
  or..
  
  2. Blind dumbass luck.
  
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Rob K
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:30pm
God speaks to people everyday but the problem is most people don’t listen. The Bible is full of examples of God speaking to people who were not kings or leaders. As to why would God speak to this guy rather than the Cardinals. Who says God did not speak to the Cardinals? I know my prayers and those of many other Catholics have been for the Holy Spirit to guide the Cardinals in their choice. Rather than facing the world with sceptism I prefer to keep my heart open to the little things God does every day to speak to his people.

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number9
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:01pm
It was a dream. Hello. ( and one helluva dream at that.)

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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:13pm
  A dream after he fell asleep watching “Stripes”.
  
  Psycho: The name’s Francis Soyer, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I’ll kill you.
  Leon: Ooooooh.
  Psycho: You just made the list, buddy. And I don’t like nobody touching my stuff. So just keep your meat-hooks off. If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I’ll kill you. Also, I don’t like nobody touching me. Now, any of you homos touch me, and I’ll kill you.
  Sergeant Hulka: Lighten up, Francis.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:32pm
  FISH_BONE, LOL, I used that last line on PUBLISPENCILNECKGEEK, the other day when he was blathering all over the place on the first new Pope story here.
  I have to say that I laughed so hard at that movie back when it came out, that I had to return to the theater the following night just to catch what I had missed while laughing. I almost expect many of the BSNBC anchors to use that line in the future when the Pope says something they do not like. I don’t expect this Pope to adopt any progressive, lefty ideals at all.
  
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TROONORTH
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:48pm
I knew you were going to publish this article.

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- Polarized America
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:57pm
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  ..3 days ago i told my girlfriend that you were going to say that ..lol
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:33pm
  Seven days ago I new today would be called “Thursday” and it was so. I also predict that within the next week, Obama will do something else to hurt the country.
  
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KyleD
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:43pm
I don’t see why God would tell some random dude the fake name of a future Pope. What does anyone gain from that? No matter how unlikely it is I’d think it’s much more likely that’s just just a random happenstance, or fake.

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- bonesiii
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:04pm
  I’ve had dreams that told seemingly trivial future events, and wondered the same thing. Eventually I decided it’s probably just to show us that God can indeed do it. They rarely had any practical value to me, but it’s much easier to believe that the actually important visions that prophets received really happened. *shrugs*
  
  This might be fake, still. Perhaps a hack of the timestamp, although I’d think there would be witnesses who could say it wasn’t there before. The problem with these kinds of visions is that usually only the person who actually receives them can be sure of them. I’m willing to take a leap of faith, though, given my experiences, to say that this could very well be real.
  
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Southernsoul
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:42pm
You wait until you get the results, then sift through billions of tweets a day until you find ONE that matches the results. Wow, that surely is a miracle.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:34pm
  That was my exact thought as I opened this story.
  
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spirited
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:41pm
He must be a ‘clean’ soul to have picked up on that.

Or, maybe today is really a month late, and just he has a good memory.

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FISH_BONE
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:40pm
As a disclaimer, I am not Catholic, and I certainly do not believe the Catholic church is God’s church. However, for the sake of argument, if God was in fact in charge of the Catholic church, wouldn’t it make more sense for him to provide revelation to the cardinals regarding who was to be the next pope, rather than some random guy? If God really cared who the next pope was going to be, he would tell the cardinals via relevation, who would then vote unanimously and in one accord rather than having multiple inconsistent votes until a majority vote finally wins.

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- spirited
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:44pm
  A cardinal would make it rather fishy.
  
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- KyleD
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:45pm
  Precisely. Why would God reveal the next Pope to some guy in Spain rather than the people who actually make the decision…
  
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- BenInNY
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:52pm
  Maybe it would work more like a knowledge that gets tapped into, sometimes by random people for no apparently relevant reason.
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:01pm
  An unknown guy,
  –a really unknown; not connected in any way to anyone in the Vatican–
  might allow for this to be considered a message from yonder beyond.
  
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- mont1414r
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:07pm
  why would he talk to very pervs that ruined his church? this says a lot more about the guy then the cardinals. the new pope might want to meet this guy and see if he has had any other dreams.
  
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Southernsoul
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:38pm
You wait until after the result then search through billions of tweets a day, until you find ONE that matches the results. Wow, that is surely a miracle.

People
Are
So
Stupid

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- SnakeEyes
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:52pm
  You’re ignore the fact that the tweet was tweeted even before Benedict resigned. What are the odds, even with millions of tweets per day, that someone would mention the Pope resigning (which hasn’t happened in 600 years) and the new Pope would be named Francis (which has never happened before and the new Pope could have chosen any name). The Pope resigning, although having not happening in 600 years, is one thing but getting that AND the new Pope’s name that is being used for the first time.. The combo of the two is pretty amazing
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:37pm
I can’t wait for the T-Shirt with the Popes face on it, with the saying “Lighten up Francis”

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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:22pm
  Hi Darmok,
  
  Too funny. I had forgotten about that scene.
  
  Maybe that ventriloquist guy could have a an “I’ll kill you” Francis army guy to talk with Ahmed the dead terrorist?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfResyFrqlM
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:36pm
  Both just too funny.
  
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:36pm
I saw it yesterday……WOW indeed….

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STREBOR
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:33pm
I want lottery numbers, please!

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