Hello. I had the same thoughts as Ryanp5555, so I did a lot of research on this Pope while ATS was down yesterday. I am trying to connect it to
prophecy, since I do believe in them. I also have a thought (getting sidetracked here) The RCC doesn't want to acknowledge that these prophicies are
legitimate yet they seem to go out of their way to give them creedence. They had no control over when JPII was born but I feel that they buried him
on Friday intentionally. Back to the subject. He is a diocesian priest, he is not of any order, so it rules out the Benedictians. The church has
said that the name a Pope (shuddering) picks is important to his legacy, so I researched the Benedict popes. Benedict XV and Benedict 1 were highly
thought of. The rest weren't. One was an antipope, one was murdered, etc. So why would you pick that name? I feel that there was no outright
connection to Glory of the Olives, so he picked Benedict to force a fit. I feel this Pope somehow forced his Papacy. When he was standing on the
balcony looking out at the crowd, there was a look in his eyes. I wish I could put an emotion to it, but it made me uneasy. The only thing I can
think of is that the olive branch stands for peace, and maybe in this papacy he will broker peace somewhere, somehow. I guess that remains to be
seen. I do alot of genealogy and adoption searches for people so I thought let me look up the last name. Other than Bavaria I can not find Ratzinger
anywhere. There are 46 listings in the US in some databases. I can not find a meaning for this name anywhere. Some last names have no meaning but
most do. I wish I could find a coat of arms. The interesting thing I did find is that the name RATSINGER is a jewish name. Names were changed and
mispelled alot over the ages and I wonder if he has Jewish lineage somewhere. That would uphold the prophecy. I am going to track his lineage as
best I can and try to figure it out. It may take awhile though, I don't speak German so I have to translate it and I also have to wait on archives
from the LDS center. One last note, I truly feel that the Catholics should apoligize to the rest of the world for this Pope. So let me start, I am
so sorry our Cardinals did this. I guess we shall see. Jane
