Archbishop Fulton Sheen on the False Prophet & the Antichrist: "He will set up a counterchurch which will be the ape of the Church, because he, the Devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the Antichrist that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ.
"The Church will be in eclipse.... Rome will lose the faith and become the seat of the Antichrist."-September 19, 1846 Our Lady of La Salette
Father E. Sylvester Berry “. . .Antichrist and his prophet will introduce ceremonies to imitate the Sacraments of the Church. In fact there will be a complete organization - a church of Satan set up in opposition to the Church of Christ. Satan will assume the part of God the Father; Antichrist will be honored as Savior, and his prophet will usurp the role of Pope. Their ceremonies will counterfeit the Sacraments . . .” Published in 1921 (37 years before Vatican II 1958) by Father E. Sylvester Berry in his book, The Apocalypse of St. John.
"The prophecies of the Apocalypse show that Satan will imitate the Church of Christ (Catholic Church) to deceive mankind; he will set up a church of Satan in opposition to the Church of Christ. Antichrist will assume the role of Messias; his prophet will act the part of Pope, and there will be imitations of the Sacraments of the Church. There will also be lying wonders in imitation wrought in the Church."Published in 1927 by Father E. Sylvester Berry in his book, The Church of Christ: An Apologetic and Dogmatic Treatise.
62 – Mary surely she wanted to say to the Angel: ‘Liar! I was deceived.’
Father Herman B. Kramer (1884-1976): The False Prophet may institute secret rites, through which the followers of Antichrist will be advanced by degrees into the deeper mysticism of his cult. A sort of diabolical sacramental system would thus be instituted conferring the graces of Satan and consecrating people to the service of the Beast." page 325
The Fall of the Church & Papacy: "The Church is defeated. The Papacy is abolished." pg. 321
German mystic Anne Catherine Emmerich sees the creation of a false church that has its own 'pope' whose plan is to unite all false religions and abolish the papacy.