India, April 22 -- A 900-year-old prescient manuscript called the 'Prophecy of the Popes' is believed to have predicted the new pontiff. Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, following a stroke, which led to a coma and ultimately "irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse,'' the Vatican said.

A selection of Catholic Church leaders will now select the next pope. However, some believe they already know who will be chosen.

The 'Prophecy of the Popes' is a series of cryptic Latin phrases in the document that are believed to describe the lineup of church leaders starting with Celestine II in 1143 and ending with "Peter the Roman" in 2027. Michel de Nostredame, a famous French astrologist and soothsayer from the 16th century known as Nostradam...