Open your eyes! Christians of all stripes (Catholics especially) are martyred by the scores every day around the world! You can read about some of it through Voice of the Martyrs and other publications. Christians are suffering significant persecutions all around you. Just because we have it cushy here doesn't mean the Church isn't suffering!
When's the last time a pope was martyred???
It is said that the first 31 popes were martyred. As to the most recent... a Google search says 1303... so?
Whatta you mean, so??? You're the one who said the church will suffer in the Tribulation:
The Church will suffer for the glory of God as Christ did.
While some Christians have and do suffer for the testimony of Jesus Christ, most don't...
The church will not go thru the Tribulation...We will not experience the wrath to come...