Anne Catherine Emmerich Fatima

“I see the Holy Father in great distress … He lives in another palace”

August 10, 1822:

“I see the Holy Father in great distress [Pope Benedict XVI]. He lives in another palace [in Vatican property] and receives only a few to his presence. If the wicked party knew their own great strength, they would even now have made an attack. I fear the Holy Father will suffer many tribulations before his death [Third Secret of Fatima], for I see the black counterfeit church [of Francis] gaining ground, I see its fatal influence on the public. The distress of the Holy Father and of the Church is really so great that one ought to pray to God day and night. I have been told to pray much for the Church and the Pope…. Last night I was taken to Rome where the Holy Father, plunged in affliction, is still concealed in order to elude dangerous exigencies. He is very feeble, quite worn out by distress, anxiety, and prayer. His chief reason for lying concealed is because he can now trust so few.”