No one knows, but when the anti-Christ comes, most Christian leaders will lead their flocks off the cliff into a united, man made institution that is empty, dark and unholy. Catholics are not going to be immune to that trickery. No church and no Christians will be automatically immune. And this is where church “followers”, rather than those independently centered in Christ, will be up the creek.
Although Quix sees that one world religious institution as being the “Catholic Church”, I am sure that is not possible. It may call itself “the Catholic church” but it will not be that because it will be devoid of Christ.
I think, more likely, it will have a name and terms that are related to nothing of Jesus or the Saints. It will be empty inane Oprah and Obama words like social justice and “hope and change.” It will probably collect truths from many faiths and twist the meaning of that to it's own evil purposes just as we see today in the expression of many religious leaders and followers today.
In communist nations the government appoints atheist archbishops that are loyal followers of the evil ideology and State. But the Pope refuses to recognize these appointments and appoints his own refusnik archbishops.
It could happen that the anti-Christ manipulates to appoint a “Pope” in the same way Communist leaders do with archbishops, to lead Catholics into this new “religion.” That will not be a real Catholic Pope even if the elite call him a Catholic Pope. It will not be the real Catholic Church and it will not have real Catholic followers. It will be something completely different.
There can be no real Christian nor Catholic Church without the truth of Christ.
I agree with you entirely . . .except that
I do NOT think the one world religion will be called the Roman Catholic Church etc.
I just believe that the Vatican edifice will be compromised along with all the others.