Did the demons know that Robert Prevost would become Pope Leo XIV?

Pope Leo XIV spoke to reporters today:

May 12, 2025

After giving his speech and his apostolic blessing, the pope personally greeted dozens of journalists. One asked if he would be traveling home to the United States soon, the pope responded, “I don’t think so.”

Asked about the May 13 feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Leo, referring to himself, said, “Cardinal Prevost had planned to go, but the plans changed.”

Another reporter asked the pope if he planned to fulfill Pope Francis’ promise of going to Turkey this year to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea with Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The council was held in 325 in what is now Iznik, Turkey.

“We are preparing for it,” the pope responded. https://www.osvnews.com/pope-leo-xiv-thanks-media-urges-them-to-be-peacemakers/

Note that coming to the USA is not a priority.

Note that he had planned to go to Fatima this week–this shows that he has pro-Marian tendencies.

Note that he does, however, plan to attend 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea.

This points to him being ecumenical, among other things.

The day he became pope, the following was published in my Amazon Kindle book titled The Last Pope of the Malachy Prophecies: Do Biblical and Greco-Roman Catholic Prophecies Point to Pope Leo XIV?:

Council of Nicea

From May 20, 325 A.D./C.E. to August 325, the Roman Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicea. One of his political objectives was to get ecumenical unity in certain matters. In 2025, there are meetings to mark the 1700^th anniversary of this, which are expected to include ecumenical discussions.

Pope Francis had expected to participate. So we would expect that his replacement, Pope Leo XIV, to get involved somehow in this. Actually, before the conclave to elect Pope Leo XIV was called, Patriarch Barthlomew of Constantinople extended an invitation for the next pope to attend the 1700^th anniversary of Nicea (Quakenbush R. Ecumenical Patriarch: Pope Francis was a friend of Orthodoxy. Catholic Vote, April 29, 2025). Like Emperor Constantine, Pope Leo XIV would like to ecumenical reconciliation for religious and political reasons.

A compromising “ecumenical” bishop or cardinal is expected to be the False Prophet of Revelation.

Could this be Pope Leo XIV?

So, Leo XIV confirmed he does plan to somehow participate in the 1700th anniversary of Nicea. That is definitely a pro-ecumenical move.

Now, the title of this post is “Did the demons know that Robert Prevost would become Pope Leo XIV?”

There are several reasons for this.

One reason is that IF he is the last pope on a list put together in the 12th century by Irish Bishop Malachy, that would point to demons knowing he was going to be pope.

In my latest pope book (The Last Pope of the Malachy Prophecies: Do Biblical and Greco-Roman Catholic Prophecies Point to Pope Leo XIV?) as well as in essence one I wrote 12 years ago, I wrote:

Demonic influence on the Malachy list must be considered. …

It should be understood that since God did not directly inspire the Malachy prophecies, it is possible that parts are intentionally wrong, in the sense that Pope Francis I, while seemingly number 112 on the list, actually is nowhere on the list and another will rise up who will be more like the prediction for the last pope. Satan is a deceiver and will use the Malachy list as part of his deception one way or the other. …

Satan has long used pagan and demonic sources to foist parts of his deceptive plan onto humanity. …

The “great Antichrist” is the false prophet of Revelation 16:13 and would be the last pope. Furthermore, that man, along with the Beast of the Sea, will have “demon spirits” (Revelation 16:14, NJB) …

¹³And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.¹⁴ For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. ¹⁵Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” ¹⁶ And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon (Revelation 16:13-16).

The old Worldwide Church of God wrote the following related to the Malachy prophesies:

For your interest (or for whatever else it may be worth), an old Irish Catholic prophecy of the 12th Century predicts that there will be 265 popes before “the end of the world.” … The last, pope, according to this prophecy of “Malachy,” an old Irish bishop, is to take the name “Peter the Roman.” Time will have to judge the prophecy’s accuracy. (Hogberg G. A LOOK AT THE NEW ROMAN PONTIFF. Pastor General’s Report. August 29, 1978)

Since God did not inspire the Malachy list, its relatively accuracy is consistent with demonic influence.

Notice also the following from Church of the Eternal God’s April 25, 2025 e-newsletter:

The Prophecy of the Popes

Daily Mail wrote on April 21, 2025:

“The 12th-century ‘Prophecy of the Popes’ — reportedly uncovered in the Vatican’s secret archives — claims to predict the identity of Francis’ successor and even foretells the return of Christ.

“The document [starts] with Celestine II in 1143 and [ends] with ‘Peter the Roman’ in 2027… Fanning the flames is the eerie fact that there are currently nine frontrunners to succeed Pope Francis — and three of them are named Peter.

“The renewed interest has also reignited fears about one of the prophecy’s more chilling predictions: that Judgment Day is near… According to the final entry surrounding Peter the Roman, the ‘last pope’ will preside over the Church during a time of great turmoil, culminating in the destruction of Rome and the end of the papacy. ‘In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock amid many tribulations, after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people. The End,’ the last passage of the book reads…

“Although some scholars have claimed the text is a 16th century forgery, Malachy allegedly wrote Prophecy of the Popes in 1139 after receiving a vision during a visit to Rome…”

If the text is not a forgery, but legit, it would have been written under demonic influence, which can be seen, amongst other things, by the wording “dreadful Judge,” in appliance to Jesus. We know, of course, that Christ could not possibly come back in 2027; and we also know that demons, even though they may know future events, are lying spirits; so one never knows when they lie or when they tell the truth.

CEG is correct that demons lie. CEG is correct that Jesus cannot possibly come back in 2027. CEG is correct to suggest that the Malachy list was written under demonic influence.

Notice now, something else from NewsMax:

Louis Prevost, the eldest brother of Robert Prevost, the former cardinal named as Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, told Newsmax on Sunday that he learned the news about his brother while he was home off work and watching the network. …

“Imagine it’s your little brother,” said Prevost. “He’s the Pope. Yes, it’s an indescribable feeling. I’m super proud of him.”

He joked that when he was watching his brother do his initial prayer as Pope and heard him switch to Spanish, “I said, ‘OK, quit showing off, you little jerk.’ But he did his thing, and my mind immediately flashed back to the ’50s and ’60s growing up, and I thought, ‘Remember that time way back when, when we used to tease him about being the Pope?’ And he’s the Pope.” https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/pope-leo-louis-prevost-newsmax/2025/05/11/id/1210499/

Now, I watched the interview with Louis Prevost. He also said that his brother Robert liked to play being a priest. He said various ones said his brother would be pope one day. And later, that is why he and others teased him about it.

If the demons knew that Robert Prevost would be pope, that may be how why some people influenced by “the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2) predicted this 60 years or so ago. The Apostle Paul wrote that Christians were not to be ignorant of Satan’s devices (2 Corinthians 2:11)–and demonically-influenced predictions are one of Satan’s devices.

When I was part of LCG, I asked 2-3 of its top leaders if they thought that it was possible that God allowed Satan and/or his demons to see the visions that the prophet Daniel saw and/or the Revelation that the Apostle John saw. They never gave me a straight answer. My belief is that God did. If so, that could explain not only the Malachy list, but perhaps also people telling Robert Prevost as a child that he would become pope.

I mentioned the interview with Louis Prevost in my latest sermon, which is available on our ContinuingCOG channel:

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Pope Leo XIV & Antichrist Prophecies

On May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV. Could he possibly be the last pope of Irish Bishop Malachy’s prophecy list of popes? When did Roman Bishops first take the title of pope? What do the words pope and Pontifex Maximus mean? Are there Greco-Roman Catholic prophecies that point to an antipope being the final Antichrist? If so, does the Bible prophesy that he will do great signs, persecute, and one day betray the Church of Seven Hills in Revelation 17? How many antipopes have there officially been? What about the late Pope Francis? Was Cardinal Prevost the stated papal candidate for Freemason Giuliano Di Bernardo? Could Leo XIV be the dreaded ‘Peter the Roman’? Do the Bible and Greco-Roman Catholic prophesies point to the rise of an ecumenical interfaith religion with leaders that perform miracles and great signs and prodigies? What about the 325 A.D. and 2025 Council of Nicea? Do any Roman Catholic prophesies warn about the rise of a ‘secret sect’ that will cause the Vatican troubles? Will the final pope betray the Roman Catholic faith? Could the Malachy list have demonic involvement? What about Mystery Babylon, 666, the Beast, the Great Monarch, persecution, and the end of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom? What are similarities between the last pope of Greco-Roman prophecies and the two-horned beast of Revelation 13? What are the scriptures that mention the antichrist in the Bible? Will the last and final pope betray the Church of Rome? Dr. Thiel covers these issues and more.