The Pope, the Catholic Church, and the 10 Explosions coming our way!
Ricci Johnson-Wilson
April 29, 2025
(From our Friday, April 25, 2025 online teaching)
This message may seem a little disjointed at times, but the reality is, so much is happening, and the Lord deposited so much in my heart this week, I feel it’s important to share as much of it as I can with you. The truth is, it’s all very connected, each piece woven together like a tapestry for us to step back and view with awe and wonder at what God is doing in this hour.
First, two dreams I had years ago:
The Two Headed Serpent:In the 1990s I had a dream that I was in a Catholic Church in South America. The priest was on the platform speaking. The pews were filled with people facing forward but they had no clear focus, they seemed to be in a haze. They did not respond to anything, they were simply sitting there in the pews.
Suddenly, a two-headed serpent came up through the flooring directly behind the priest! I jumped up, completely alarmed by this event and yet, no one else moved! They remained in their seats completely dazed! It was as though they were hypnotized.
The serpent raised both of its heads and looked at the congregation. Each head targeted specific congregation members, coming down headfirst and swallowing them whole. It would repeat this pattern, raising each head again and again to come down on another member of the congregation. Still, no one moved! The priest did not flinch throughout this process! He just kept droning on!
The people’s eyes were completely glazed over. I shouted, “WAKE UP, RUN!!!” and when I did, it was like that haze that everyone was in, seemed to solidify. It then cracked and finally shattered every piece of it, falling to the ground. As the pieces dropped around the people, they blinked shaking their heads to try and snap out of their slumber, it was as though they were trying to awaken from anesthesia.
The serpent rose up again, preparing to strike, and a woman FINALLY NOTICING IT, screamed as she watched one of the heads of the serpent come down on another victim. I shouted again, “RUN!!” and they jumped up and began running out the door.
I stood outside the church looking back, trying to make sure everyone got out, and saw the serpent burst through the top of the church in an attempt to capture those escaping.
That’s when I woke up. That dream stuck with me; it’s been over 30 years. I did not know then what I know today about the Catholic Church.
Second Dream:
The Deception in the Catacombs:Again, over 30 years ago I had a dream. I was down in what appeared to be the catacombs. I walked carefully down this dimly lit, spiral, cobblestone pathway. As I walked, I came across crudely assembled prisons. Areas that had been carved out of the stone, with iron bars, heavy doors and thick locks to enclose the captives. As I approached the first section, I saw dozens of people in each cage. I walked further down the spiral discovering more and more prisons lining both sides of the pathway. There were people imprisoned within these cages, not hardened criminals, but women, teenagers, children and even infants.
I felt the earth begin to rumble. At this point, I realized I had a key in my right hand. I ran to the cage doors and quickly began unlocking them. I swung the doors open to let the victims out. I ran to the next, and the next yet they stood there in fear, I called for them to come out, one after the other they slowly moved forward, I reached in and started grabbing the babies, I quickly picked them up and handed them off to the young women. The earth rumbled beneath us again, I said, “I think there’s an earthquake, we have to move quickly, no guards are present, we have to go while we can!” They remained quiet and slowly shook their heads, fear emanated from them. I assured them they were safe, but only if they followed my directions and moved out now. Finally, they began to move up the pathway through the dark catacombs.
The rumbling increased; I had no idea what would cause the earth to shake so violently but I felt great concern that the cave might collapse. I dashed through the group of young people toward the back of the line shouting, “RUN, RUN!!” I did not want even a single person left behind.
Something clicked in them, perhaps faith was ignited in their hearts, but they started moving much faster now. Seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, they picked up speed. I handed toddlers to the older children and told them to go as fast as they could upward. I continued to move toward the back of the line to make sure they moved forward to safety.
I made it to the back, looking around behind me to ensure that no one was left behind and that no one was following us, and I saw the tunnel moving. Something was back there, and it was fast approaching. The tunnels were so dark that it was hard to make out what I was seeing, but it cut off all light as it came forward, like it filled the tunnel. I was huge! This thing was the source of the earth moving, I shouted again, “RUN!!!” adding “It’s coming!” Everyone ran as fast as they could, we reached the top and entered a foyer, I looked behind and saw that thing, it had a mouth, it was open and seeking to devour everyone in its path.
I ran to the front and pushed the doors, and they flung open. We burst out onto the street, and I turned around, looking up to see that we just came out of the Vatican. We narrowly escaped that beast, it was a serpent, but it was indeed, a Beast holding people captive under the Vatican. It retreated backwards into the depths of its tunnel.
I woke up.
I believe this dream has two meanings. For the purposes of this message, I am focusing the deception behind the Catholic Church and the innocent being consumed by that false doctrine.
The Pope Sunday (4/20/25) night I was unable to sleep; I lay awake praying in the Spirit for hours and then would close my eyes for 15-20 minutes and be awakened by the Spirit of the Lord. I felt one level of darkness leave and another enter. At 6:30 a friend messaged me that the Pope had passed.
This is not to offend any Catholics or recovering Catholics, but the Lord began speaking to me about this situation. The darkness I felt was the transition from one Pope to the next. The last Pope was quite liberal, in fact, one wonders if he could be considered a Marxist. Everything he stood for; we have fought against in prayer for years. He authorized birth control, embraced the climate narrative, even calling for radical efforts to “rescue mother earth” revealing his 10 Commandments to prevent climate change. He approved the LGTBQ+ ideology by embracing openly gay priests and same-sex unions. He called for open borders, condemned national leaders who fought to protect their borders, and perhaps most importantly, neglected to protect the victims who came forward in the many priest-abuse scandals that occurred such as the one in the northeast several years ago. Instead of taking action to prevent a repeat of these events, he quietly moved those priests to different locations.
The Lord said this next Pope will be worse than the former, combined Popes. The heaviness I felt was from the darkness within this next Pope. Then I saw it, a massive exodus from the Catholic Church. The Lord is going to use this appointment to awaken His people to come out of her!
Why does this matter right now?
With the death of the old guard in the Catholic Church, and the preparations and entrance of the new guard, the Lord said, the next Pope will be worse than the former combined.
The spirit that reigns over the Catholic Church is the spirit of compromise and it releases a spirit of slumber to keep the people wooed into its deception. We’ve seen a tremendous increase in its reach as today, many Christian leaders are partnering with and/or linking themselves to the Catholic Church and often, what comes from this union, is a compromised message laced with a social gospel, aka “social justice” rather than a true, pure Gospel message. The Catholics frequently refer themselves as “Christians” however, this is simply part of the deception. The ultimate goal of the Catholic Church is to bring all religions under their reign. Consider the Abrahamic Family House which Mom referred to last night (4/24/25). This complex in Abu Dhabi, UAE features three “houses of worship.” A mosque, a church, and a synagogue. They add this is a place for Muslims, Christians, and Jewish communities to come together for inter-religious dialogue and exchange. This compound is to be a physical manifestation of the document on Human Fraternity for World Peace which seeks to advance a “culture of mutual respect” and “solidarity”.
I would add, this was built in Abu Dhabi where conversion from Islam is directly prohibited by law. The penal code for the UAE defers to Sharia Law which includes death to infidels.
The law also prohibits displaying a Cross on any building as a method of identifying it.
Teaching that Jesus is the only God is considered an insult to Allah or the Prophet Muhammad and offenders can be subject to imprisonment for five or more years, fined tens of thousands of dollars and deported.
This Abrahamic Family House was overseen by Pope Francis himself who, incidentally, condemns nation which seek to prevent or even limit border crossings by Muslims or even Islamic extremists. Why? These will be part of their end-time army. Alliances must be maintained.
“When the new Pope comes on the scene, he will be worse than the former.” This is what the Lord said.
So, the decisions he makes, the messages he brings forth, will not only be much more liberal than the former, but he will also take the ‘tolerance and understanding’ message touted by Francis and drive them toward One-World Religion.
In this process, the mass exodus will begin! The decisions and policies this next pope will work to implement, will be so liberal, so alarming, it is going to serve as a catalyst to shatter the haze of those faithful Catholics and wake them up so they will flee from the Catholic Church.
I believe people are held captive by the spirit of compromise over the Catholic Church and that there are those who are held in bondage who God is going to set free! So, when our ministry prays for the innocent to come out, this is the group we are praying for, and we need to keep them in prayer because God has a plan for them.
Let’s briefly shift gears as I feel a strong the need to take us back to the vision the Lord gave me of the nation—appearing as a woman—on an operating table back in 2020. If you remember, it was in a catastrophic accident and our Lord was working feverishly to heal the mind, the heart, the stomach, the womb, the knees, and the feet of a nation that had turned away from Him. Throughout this surgery, a golden hue rested upon the woman. In His mercy, He was healing the soul of the nation.
The heart of the Nation is the Church, and as the intercessors of this nation, we are called to pray for the Church to repent and return to God. The Lord is working on the heart right now, trying to keep it alive, remove the corruption, and even help it thrive.
This week, as I considered the death of the Francis, the dreams the Lord gave me about the Catholic Church so many years ago, and now the exodus the Lord is showing me, I felt the need to remind us about the importance of our continued coverage on this issue. Why? Because God has a plan for us all! It’s not unification, coexistence or tolerance, it’s an explosive move of God!
As you read the following experience, please, consider keeping one or more of these groups in your daily prayer. This will expedite this explosive move of God that is just on the horizon!
This was on February 19, 2023, eleven days after revival broke out in Asbury. I saw several explosions in the spirit.
It penetrated the minds of the youth setting them free from oppression, bondages, anxiety, bitterness and so on. I saw in living color, our youth ignited for Christ. They were on fire for Him! (Please note this is the tip of the iceberg for our youth, I shared several weeks ago what the Lord showed me was coming for our youth specifically. You can read what He gave me here.)
The experienced continued, the revival was completely uncontrollable, uncontainable, unregulatable, it broke through religious structures and began to penetrate churches across the Nation. Those ready, those prepared in prayer and fasting were hit first with the wave of His Baptism of Fire.
Next, the Lord moved into the Charismatic and Pentecostal realms. Healings began, both emotional and physical healings were seen, it was tangible. I saw walls come down between the races, walls of division and strife came down, reconciliation ensued. The wall of deception brought about by the Elite crumbled before their eyes and people saw the truth and that truth set them free!
The Baptist Churches were hit with Holy Spirit! The Baptism of Fire fell and like the tongues of fire that rested on the disciples in Acts 2, they were struck and began to speak in tongues! The fire of God fell upon them, and they received a revelation of the Word unlike anything they’d witnessed before. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among them” became a tangible reality in their midst.
The Stuffy Churches in the nation were hit! Walls came down, time and structure no longer mattered, they were activated! Now, all that concerned them was being a part of what Holy Spirit was doing in the nation!
The Catholic Church was hit by the Baptism of Fire! I saw a mass exodus! Some remained completely stunned over what they were witnessing while others saw the TRUTH and the TRUTH set them free! Friends, they saw Jesus, His work on the Cross and path He created to the Father, the deception they’d been under was instantly shattered! Untold numbers came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior.
I saw congregants within several church denominations rise from their seats and run to flags reflecting the compromise within that church. LGTBQ+, the Marxist BLM, “inclusive” symbols, and pro-choice flags were torn from their post and ripped in two. People wept over the revelation that they were participating in platforms that represent “death and destruction.” They were broken before the Lord and He restored their repentant hearts.
Friends, this is Joel Chapter 2, God pouring out His Spirit, restoring what the locust has stolen and bringing forth the latter and the former rain! He is going to visit us in unprecedented ways transforming every level of society, young and old, rich and poor, man and woman, He is coming to invade the nations, and it will pour out upon all flesh, ten explosions filled with the revelation of Who He is!
I ask you to pray for these things with us, see which of these 10 explosions you are burdened for and see if the Lord would place one or two of them on your heart to pray over each day, together, we can carry them through to victory! The Bible tells us that the prayers of the righteous availeth much. (James 5:16) Let us, His intercessors, stand for Catholics, Baptists, witches and/or our Youth. Let us be part of praying for the great exodus of witches from the covens, or the great exodus of Catholics from this deception before the enemy devours them! Pray for the walls to come down, for deception to be broken, and people to be set free!
God is moving, His Spirit is hovering over the nation, brooding in our midst, preparing the land for the great release of His glory, His love, His passion, His healing, His restoration, His revolution in our midst today!
