The Catholic Church does have modern prophets. Just not in the same way that the LDS Church sees it. A prophet is one, inspired by the Holy Spirit, who calls people to faithfulness and repentence. Only occasionally will the Prophet's job require any sort of future prediction. I once did a class project for colege and we found 2 modern day prophets- didn't have to be Catholic. I did Anne Frank and John Howard Griffin (wrote Black Like Me) Both had a message to give others. Sometimes Prophets need to be found throughout time.