From your post #1:
“Some non-Catholic FReepers have wondered at the attachment of a certain segment of traditionalist Catholics to the idea of a return of Monarchy. I do not subscribe to that school of thought, but there is a robust body of Catholic prophecy from which these “Catholic Monarchists” draw inspiration and hope for the future. “
Then this post:
“Don’t worry, this rapture nonsense will also be a long and gladly forgotten bad memory.”
So, you do not subscribe to the Monarchy OR to the Rapture.
You are not consistent. I guess you believe in whatever you want to believe in, regardless of Gods word.
You are not consistent.
You're right. The Church does not either approve nor condemn this body of prophecy, so neither do I. I personally believe we'll see it fulfilled in our lifetime, even though as an American I am apprehensive about any return of Monarchy.
I am also morally certain there will be no pre-trib rapture.
If it was going to happen, it would have happened already, before communist/atheist governments killed a couple hundred million believers over the past century.