The False Prophet speaketh again. I feel sorry for Catholics who want to save this dying church. satan has settled upon the RCC to be his throne on earth.
The devil wants to capture Her and humiliate Her before the eyes of all the world. God has granted the Evil One a certain length of leash to do a great deal of damage and succeed horribly--- for a time.
But the Church on earth is both a human "organization" (composed entirely of sinners) and a divine "organism" identified as the Body of Christ.
This is the prophesied time of great tribulation. It is epic combat. It will come to blood. But we are steadfast.
"Be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood." - Acts 20:28
We know Who will win in the end.
I became Catholic as an 18 year old, by my own decision, after studying religion, having no formal religious training as a child, and coming from a family with a partial Jewish heritage. I choose it after reflection, primarily because the Church at it's core is supposed to be predicated on the universalism of Christianity, and it's recognition of the foundation of the Church on Judaism and the Jew Jesus Christ.
That said, I had a Polish priest who taught me when I was preparing for adult baptism and confirmation, and he told me that faith and the Church were stronger in places at which they were under duress and/or oppression. He was right. This period of history will, it is my hope and belief, re-energize and renew Catholicism - not end it.