The 'Mother Church' doesn't make it past Rev. 17...
Thus, in Advent our longing and thrill are also and essentially directed to his glorious second coming. And now Mother Church, the New Jerusalem, our Mother looks for her groom Jesus to come again all his glory:
The New Jerusalem is not an Earthly city...It is a heavenly city...It is not a State, Country or religion...And it most definitely is not the Catholic religion...
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God…I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean was given her to wear.” (Rev 21:2-3; 19:7-8)
The author of this piece is intentionally, or not, misleading your religion by running verses together that don't belong and leaving out a very important verse...
Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
The Earth is gone...It no longer exists...The oceans are gone...The Vatican is gone...Jerusalem is gone...There will be no church...
There will be a kingdom with a King...No popes...
A Wedding takes place in chapter 19...Jesus wipes out the bad guys on Earth...Jesus reigns in Jerusalem for a thousand years...Satan rises and battles God...Satan loses...God destroys the Earth and a new City is created for those in heaven for eternity...
It's one thing to believe it or not believe it...It's quite another to remove the relevant scripture and run them together to make it say what it doesn't say...
God has a pretty serious warning for those of you who do that...
You forgot that there WILL BE a NEW earth as well as a NEW HEAVEN.
The church is the assembly of the saints. That most assuredly continues to exist after the second coming. Who do you think populates the new Jerusalem?
By the way, the church today, right now is "a kingdom with a King," and the King's name is not Francis or Jorge, but Jesus. The Pope is merely the King's representative deputy, like the Governor General of Canada is to Elizabeth II.