The stage is being set for end time world events...

[Scuba]

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/05/13/israel-disappointed-at-vatican-recognition-of-palestine/21182889/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl5|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D229317372

[Aliensanctuary]

A Palestinian Nation would do nothing to keep the rockets, artillery, and rpg's from landing in Israel, but perhaps the big dividing wall should be completed by completely surrounding the West Bank. Darn those tunnels, anyway. I suspect that we will see a middle eastern nuclear war in the not too distant future. The demons of Islam will only be too glad to wipe Israel off of the map, but they will weep and wail when justice is finally served and they receive their extremely unpleasant, fiery sentence, along with everyone else who continues to hate and attack the tiny little nation. Ultimately, the vultures will only be too happy to gorge themselves on the dead bodies of huge invading armies. These are two different time periods, of course.

[JoeMo]

And in the end neither the RCC nor the papacy will play a major role.  Islam is a much more likely candidate for the beast/antischrist power than is the RCC.  No need to tell me that this isn't what EGW says - I already know that.