He will also afflict and weaken the Latin Church with many heresies. It is a period of defections, calamities and exterminations. Those Christians who survive the sword, plague and famines, will be few on earth. During this period, many men will abuse of the freedom of conscience conceded to them. These are the evil times, a century full of dangers and calamities.
Heresy is everywhere, and the followers of heresy are in power almost everywhere.
Before the Second Coming of Christ, Mary must, more than ever, shine in mercy, might and grace in order to bring unbelievers into the Catholic Faith. The sacred sacrament of Holy Orders will be ridiculed, oppressed and despised, for in doing this, one scorns and defiles the Church of God, and even God Himself, represented by His priests. God will punish the world when men have devised marvelous inventions that will lead them to forget God. Before the war breaks out again, food will be scarce and expensive. There will be little work for the workers, and fathers will hear their children crying for food.