prophecy.«
»And used the opportunity to make a quick copy.«
»Trust me, my friend, Pope John Paul II had visions, too. Go ahead, read it!«
Peter stared helplessly at the paper. The photocopy showed a handwritten and barely legible Portuguese text, which had apparently been written down by Francisco Marto, one of the three children of Fátima.
»The translation is on the back.«
Peter turned the plastic folder over and began to read the typewritten Italian translation of the Portuguese text, which was stiff and clumsy, clearly suggesting that a child had written it.
After the third part, Our Lady showed us the end of the world. The Blessed Virgin Mary pointed at the church of Saint Peter and above the church stood an army of angels in golden armor and with golden swords. The angels were singing loudly and their singing was like the roar of the ocean. We saw thousands of people on the square in front of the church, and they were singing with the angels. The Blessed Virgin called the name of the Lamb of God, and Saint Peter began to rise from the church and over the dome and into heaven. Filled with pain and worry, he called upon the angels to fight Satan. But the angels hesitated. So Peter turned away from them and sank back to earth. He took as many people by his hand as he could and led them away. There were twenty-one. The angels wanted to stop him but they were bound to heaven with chains made from crystal. And then the church began to tremble under claps of thunder and a huge light scorched the sky. The church caught fire and the priests and all the other people ran away in panic. And our kind Heavenly Mother said, »See, this is what happens to those who turn away!« She cried tears of the martyrs’ blood and they turned into torrential streams. She pointed at the sky. A demon was falling out of heaven, from high above, a demon made of iron and light. He was terribly ugly. His light scorched the people who were fleeing from him, all of them. He raged above the church of Saint Peter and destroyed it and everything around it. There was fire and thunder and the church collapsed. Its debris was flying around the earth. The demon was riding the fire and underneath him the land was scorched and the oceans evaporated. Wherever he flew, the land turned into a desert, and the people lamented and they cursed the Blessed Virgin and Her only begotten son. And then, finally, the angels stood up and they also began to lament. »Who is this demon?« they asked the Blessed Virgin. »What is his name?« And Our Lady answered: »His name is the beginning and the end. He is the first man and the last Pope. His name is Peter and Adam.«
This is what the Holy Mother of God has revealed to us and if there are things that I can no longer recall, then they were not important.
»You’ve got to be kidding me,« Peter yelled and threw the plastic folder onto the table. Maria took the photocopy and read it for herself.
Don Luigi stayed calm. »Of course,« he said, »there are thousands of people who have the same name as you, Peter. But after what we witnessed today, I believe that it is indeed you who is mentioned in the prophecy.«
»So a hysterical Neapolitan lad and the childish stammering of a Portuguese peasant boy have convinced you that I will blow up the Vatican?« Peter shouted angrily.
»No, Peter. What I believe is that the fate of the church has been placed in your hands. Annihilator or savior – it lies in your hands.«
Maria had finished reading the text and was staring at Peter. Her face was pale. For a brief moment, Peter wondered why she was still sitting with him at the same table. Rage began to grow inside him. It was rage against the Church and his dark dreams, rage against Don Luigi, Maria, the Pope, and rage against himself, who made it so easy for other people to upset him.
»Perhaps it would be best if I surrendered immediately to the police,« he said with clenched teeth. »Then there wouldn’t be any
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