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each person based on their own choices, regardless of the nation to which 

they belong. 

    Concerning the Crucifixion of the Church, some Christians don't want to 

hear that part of Christ's teaching which says that they must take up their 

crosses and follow Christ. Such persons will likely be upset to read my 

words that the Church will endure periods of intense persecution and 

suffering in the future. 

    Concerning the Pope, he is God's holy servant and the friend of Jesus 

Christ, therefore he must suffer much. It is unavoidable. Do you think that 

the worldwide Church could suffer greatly, without the Pope joining in that 

suffering? The Pope is not exempt from the words of Jesus,  he who does 

not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life 

will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.  (Mt 10:38 39). 

    Concerning the complete destruction of Vatican City, it is God's will. 

Nothing can be done about it. Consider every structure ever built by human 

persons. Sooner or later they will all crumble to the ground. No such 

structure can last forever. Even the great Temple built by Solomon, 

described in detail in Holy Scripture, is no more. Thus, when the book of 

Revelation describes the new Jerusalem, the holy city, it is not built by 

human hands but comes down from Heaven (Rev 21:2). 

    Concerning the great sufferings and punishments which God is about to 

send upon the earth,  God will first strengthen and enlighten His people. 

Then there will be terror and destruction and much suffering. May God 

have mercy on us all. 

The Appendix 

    In the Appendix to this book, I have kept the section on the Secret of 

Fatima that was in the previous (4th) edition. I have added a number of my 

articles about the future which were previously published at 

CatholicPlanet.com. I have also added the text from my online seminar 

about the future in the section called  Summary of Future Events.  In an 

online Catholic discussion group, which I moderate, I posted a series of 

comments summarizing my view of the future of the Church and the world. 

Much of this material is found within the body of this book, but it does 

make for a nice overview of the content of the book. My article  The Future 

According to the Book of Daniel,  included in the Appendix, contains 

additional insights into the future which came from my translation of the 

Book of Daniel from Latin into English. Understanding the Latin text gave 

me additional insight into the meaning of this book. (I am currently working 

on translating the entire Latin Vulgate Bible into English.)