I think it has already started. Look at us even, we look at all the Cardinals and wonder if they are in communion with Rome, can they be believed, we have doubts where there were none. Look at the demoralized state of priests. Scary.
"The Church is in great danger. We must pray so that the Pope may not leave Rome; countless evils would result if he did. They are now demanding something of him. The Protestant doctrine and that of the schismatic Greeks are to spread everywhere. I now see that in this place (Rome) the (Catholic) Church is being so cleverly undermined, that there hardly remains a hundred or so priests who have not been decieved. They all work for destruction, even the clergy. A great devestation is now near at hand."
"Among the strangest things that I saw, were long processions of bishops. Their thoughts and utterances were made known to me through images issuing from their mouths. Their faults towards religion were shown by external deformities. A few had only a body, with a dark cloud of fog instead of a head. Others had only a head, their bodies and hearts were like thick vapors. Some were lame; others were paralytics; others were asleep or staggering. I saw what I believe to be nearly all the bishops of the world, but only a small number were perfectly sound. I saw also the Holy Father-God-fearing and prayerful. Nothing left to be desired in his appearance, but he was weakened by old age and by much suffering. His head was lolling from side to side, and it dropped onto his chest as if he were falling asleep. He often fainted and seemed to be dying. But when he was praying, he was often comforted by apparitions from Heaven. Then, his head was erect, but soon as it drooped again onto his chest, I saw a number of people looking quickly right and left, that is, in the direction of the world."
"Then, I saw that everything that pertained to Protetantism was gradually gaining the upper hand, and the Catholic religion fell into complete decadence. Most priests were lured by the glittering but false knowledge of young school-teachers, and they all contributed to the work of destruction. In those days, Faith will fall very low, and it will be preserved in some places only, in a few cottages and in a few families which God has protected from disasters and wars."
Ven. Emmerich says many more things that seem to fit pretty well with what is going on today. I thought that her descriptions of "the Holy Father" were pretty accurate of Pope John Paul II. She says that there will be great tribulation, persecution and martyrdom. But after that the Catholic Church will rise and be more beautiful than ever.
Ven. Holzhauer gives us a glimpse of what the Church will be like after the troubles.
"The sixth period of the Church will begin with the powerful Monarch and the Holy Pontiff, as mentioned previously, and it will last until the revelation of Antichrist. In this period God will console His Holy Church for the affliction and great tribulations she has endured during the fifth period. All nations will become Catholic. Vocations will be abundant as never before, and all men will seek only the Kingdom of God and His justice. Men will live in peace with God. They will live under the protection of the Great Monarch and his successors."
Keep the faith!