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Petrus Romanus In recent times, some interpreters of prophetic literature have drawn attention to the prophecies due to their imminent conclusion; if the list of descriptions is matched on a one-to-one basis to the list of historic popes since the prophecies' publication, the currently retiring pope, Benedict XVI (2005-2013), would correspond to the second last of the papal descriptions, Gloria olivae (the glory of the olive).[4] The last prophecy predicts the Apocalypse. The longest and final motto reads: In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit. Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus, quibus transactis civitas septicollis diruetur, & judex tremedus judicabit populum suum. Finis. This may be translated into English as: In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit [i.e., as bishop]. Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations, and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills [i.e. Rome] will be destroyed, and the terrible judge will judge his people. The End. '''In the Lignum Vitae, the line In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit. forms a separate sentence and paragraph of its own, and it is unclear whether it is grammatically related to Gloria olivae which precedes it, or to Petrus Romanus, which follows it.''' Several historians and interpreters of the prophecies note that they leaves open the possibility of unlisted popes between "the glory of the olive" and the final pope, "Peter the Roman."[1][2]

I feel the Line is left on it's own as it describes a time where the Roman Catholic Church is again the subject of legal proceedings. Hence "Prosecution" It precedes Both the 111th and 112th pope as such cases have started taking precedence and have been addressed by the Papacy during Pope Benedict XVI's Office.

References to Lawsuits: http://fightforsexualabusevictims.com/clergy-sexual-abuse/catholic-priest-child-sexual-abuse-lawsuit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases