Hi Everyone!

It seems that whenever there is the death of a pope (RIP Pope Francis), there inevitably arises discussion of the famous list of the popes attributed to St. Malachy.

I wrote about this list many years ago.

Today, a friend brought to my attention that the Jesuit Fr. Herbert Thurston wrote about it as well in his 1915 book The War and the Prophets. He made some very salient observations.
I encourage people to read what he wrote. The book is available on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine for free viewing (as it is a pre-1929 book). In this link, I have queued up the page (120 and following).

Have a go!