I personally hope that it comes.
The Church thrives when it is persecuted. When the Church is persecuted, it proclaims its message in clearest form, without dilution or fear of repercussion. Those that are in the Church merely to pay it lip service or to try to change it are weeded out, leaving those that are faithful to its doctrine, and the grace of God is left to touch the hearts of those that stay all the more through the difficulties they face in not leaving.
I stated in another thread that I hope the next pope alienates liberal Catholics in the same way that Christ was not afraid to alienate those around him in His proclamation of Truth. The world will always hate those that follow Christ, just as the world hated Him. We should not fear to bear our cross.
We need a Savior here in the United States before we really do become a mini-Soviet Union. (I started to say with better music, TV, and cars, but then realized our music sucks, so does our TV, and we may be soon priced out of our cars so I had to edit the sentence.)
LOL!! That's exactly what Sir SuziQ says! He's expecting a major shake out.
The journey to Christ is paved with suffering.
Join Christ by taking up the CROSS. Do we have the courage to do it? I hope so. I also hope we capture those 'weeds' along the way and change their hearts. They are God's children. Many are faced with suffering and questioning of God. John Paul II reminded us to "be not afraid". I can't express the comfort that gives me.
Maybe the true mission of Christ was not to alienate those who do not embrace the truth, but to captivate them with it.
(Hence the constant reference to being fishers of men... fishing.. tease them, hook them, capture them to the truth).