Today’s topic: the Antichrist This is what The Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say on the topic: Paragraphs 675 and 676 The Church’s ultimate trial Par. 675. Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. (574) The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth(575) will unveil the “mystery of iniquity” in the for...