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princes of Judah at Riblah.  (Jer 52:10). The members of the clergy (bishops, 

priests, religious) at that city where the unjust sentence will be handed down 

against the Pope, will also be slain at that time. 

     He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and the king 

of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his 

death.  (Jer 52:11). 

     The reason why the book of Ezekiel (Ezek 12:13) prophesies that the 

Pope will not be able to see the country he is held captive in is clear. After 

making him watch the death of his friends, they will put out the eyes of the 

Pope. The Pope will be blinded. Then they will bind him in fetters and take 

him to Babylon (Iraq), where he will die in captivity, a holy martyr to the 

Faith.  This prediction from Holy Scripture refers to the second Pope after 

Pope John Paul II, the one Saint Malachy refers to as Peter the Roman. 

The Destruction of Rome and the Vatican 

      And he burned the house of the L

ORD

, and the king's house and all the 

houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. And all the army of 

the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the 

walls round about Jerusalem.  (Jer 52:13 14). 

     Sometime after the Pope is taken captive, the Arabs will gain control of 

Rome and Vatican City. They will burn down the Lord's house, meaning 

Saint Peter's Basilica, and they will burn down the Pope's house (the 

Apostolic Palace). They will break down the walls of the Vatican, and they 

will bring destruction on the city of Rome. They will also burn down  every 

great house,  meaning every church in Rome. Even so, this is not yet the 

complete destruction of Rome and Vatican City.

Nuclear Weapons 

    The war of the Arab nations against Europe will be a long and bloody 

war. Tens of millions of people will die, and millions upon millions will be 

injured. The Arab leaders will be able to attack and defeat Europe partly by 

using nuclear weapons. They will destroy  New York City, and later Rome 

and Vatican City, with nuclear weapons. These three cities will be destroyed 

between  A.D. 2010 and 2013 inclusive. New York City will be destroyed 

with a nuclear weapon earlier during this time.

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will be destroyed in July of 2013 with a nuclear weapon. I don't know if any 

other cities will be destroyed with nuclear weapons during this war. 

     The Arabs will gain control of Rome  in 2012, shortly after taking the 

Pope captive. They would not destroy a city with nuclear weapons while 

they  were successfully occupying it. Therefore, they must  at some point in