I see two possibilities, maybe three...
- The Anti-christ is alive. That would mean that the next pope will be the anti-pope that will try to bring the church to the fold of the goat....If Benedict dies via unusal circumstance then this would merit more discussion. There WILL be an Anti-Pope, the question is when not if. (see the catechism 675-678).
- We are still 50-75 years from the Anti-Goat, but we will go through the birth pains, meaning that the US will suffer many tribulations.... this is possible if we believe the "visionaries" of recent centuries, the there will be a period of tribulation, followed by a period by the "Great Monarch" & the "Angelic Shepherd". This vision is hard to fathom, meaning that the world would become Catholic behind the leadership of the Shepard & Monarch. But, many of the predictions of these visionaries have become fact. I believe that this is either fact, or deliberate distraction. It is amazing that both prophecies require believe in two strong leaders, One by the church, one by man.. Is the Great Monarch to come, or a deliberate distraction by the snake?... only time will tell..
- That all Prophecy is thousand of year in the future. OR, you are a descendant of a monkey...