The End of Saint Matthew's Gospel

Contrast the quote above with that from Karol Wojtyla given at Fatima on May 13th, 1982: Go ... and make disciples of all nations ... and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.  (Mt. 28:19-20)
Let us look to the Latin Vulgate: et ecce ego vobiscum sum omnibus diebus, usque ad consummationem saeculi.  This agrees with the Douay at the top of this page.  Wojtylas was not hte first to mutilate this verse.  Roncalli did the same thingMission to France, page 97 (Paris 2 April, 1949): 'You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,  feed my sheep and my lambs.  Strengthen your brethren in the faith  I am with you always, to the close of the age.
Notice these last two references: I am with you always, to the close of the age. Says Roncalli and Wojtyla..
Matthew 28:19-20: Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. Says Sacred Scripture.
There is a big difference here, between the end of the world and the end of the age.  The latter indicates that there is another age coming, which is contrary to the teaching of Saint Augustine, who says that we are in the last age.  This is the teaching of the New Age Movement.
Let us look at other Bible versions:
New American Bible Saint Joseph's (Pog) Edition: And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age. 
The King James has it correct, but the Revised Standard also says: close of the age.
Basically those transling this as age are stating that the Age of Jesus Christ ENDED in 1958 and is replaced by a New Age without Jesus.  The Church as it stood for almost two millenia is now no loner needed, as a New Church is arising, the people of god.  We must ask, which god?

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Matthew 28:19-20: Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.