The "tomorrowsworld" piece cited in the OP appears to be written by followers of the late Herbert W. Armstrong of controversial "British Israelism" fame. The article argues that the "Babylon" (i.e., Rome) of John's Apocalypse is to be identified with the Roman Catholic church. And then:
As Britain's Sunday Telegraph reported, Pope John Paul II expressed his wish to "reign" over a new Holy Roman Empire. A quarter-century later, when Pope Francis spoke before the Council of Europe on November 24, 2014, little had changed. The Pope stressed to delegates importance of Europe's religious (Roman Catholic) roots. ...
And later:
This is the soon-coming church-state system in Europe, which will eventually turn on the American and British-descended peoples and bring about the Great Tribulation! It will be a revival of ancient Babylon, with its priestly castes, pagan rituals and doctrines and complete disregard for God's commands. It will be a clever counterfeit of true Christianity. ...
The above I include for the benefit of readers of this thread. It would seem sufficient to lay a broad foundation for caveats and disagreements (esp. hermeneutical), even while there may be varied points within the article with which various Christians could find agreements (e.g., the article cites many Scripture texts regarding morality and apostasy), while more could be said of antichrist mimicry of the Christ in John's Apocalypse (e.g., the fatal wound that was healed in Rev. 13). Surely most Christians (including Roman Catholics) would agree (as far as the claim goes) that there has long been a spiritual warfare between the people of God and fallen angels.
P.S. Armstrong himself may have moderated his views somehow at the end of his life, but if so this is dusty and vague memory for me.
