Cardinal Paolo Romeo made the sensational prediction while in China on a visit. The archbishop of Palermo, Silicy spoke of this in November 2011. Apparently, he was so sure of the fact that his audience believed he was referring to a future assassination attempt. Chinese representatives of the Catholic church were so alarmed they reported back to the Vatican.
What Cardinal Romeo said was written in a top secret report back to the pope by a senior cardinal, Dario Castrillon Hoyos, a Colombian, dated December 30, 2011. The Vatican opened an investigation with regard to the report, which was written in German to limit the number of people in the Vatican who might understand it if it was leaked. It warns of a "Mordkomplott" or death plot against the pope.
The story broke in the Italian daily, Il Fatto Quotidiano. The headline read, "Plot against the pope, he will die in 12 months."
The daily reported:
"During his talks in China, Cardinal Romeo predicted the death of Benedict XVI within 12 months. His remarks were expressed with such certainty and resolution that the people he was speaking to thought, with a sense of alarm, that an attack on the Pope's life was being planned."
"Cardinal Romeo could never have imagined that the indiscreet remarks he made on the trip to China would be communicated back to the Vatican by third parties."
When questioned about the report the Vatican refused to talk about it. However, they would not deny the existence of the confidential report.
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