If you know anything about Nostradamus(which 99% of the people who think they do don't) you know of how he believes in "Ages". During his life time he was part of the beginning of an age, while in a letter to the king about how when the next Age arrived it'd be the dawn of peace and harmony. However if you also know anything about Nostradamus you know that he predicted(not quatrain style, but specifically stated) that this age would come AFTER a crapload of stuff. Primarily an event that was a heck of a lot like WWII, and then after that there's how the church would become harrassed and fall out of use by the people..and stuff..and people of the church being killed so there's a river of blood.
Yeah..fun stuff.

However if you look at another guy(Can't remember the name) he predicted the Pope's up until either the next one or the one after that..and one must realize that if these two predictions are true then that means in the next 5-10 years the church is going to get seriously screwed over.