Duccio, The Betrayal of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, 1308
All of you will have your faith shaken, for it is written:
‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be dispersed.’
(Mark 14:27)
Before Christ’s second coming
the Church must pass through a final trial
that will shake the faith of many believers… —
Catechism of the Catholic Church, n.675, 677
WHAT is this “final trial that will shake the faith of many believers?”