By Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th., Church Militant - Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island... is but the latest prelate to weigh in on the "end times" scenario. As early as 1946, Abp. Fulton Sheen was speaking of an apocalyptic crisis fast approaching the Catholic Church. Sheen predicted the Devil would attempt to counterfeit the Church: He will deceive even the elect. He will set up a counter church which will be the ape of the Church because he, the Devil, is the ape of God. It will be the mystical body of the Antichrist that will, in all externals, resemble the Church as the mystical body of Christ.