Msgr. Pope's not saying the WHOLE prophecy or that ALL prophecies were fulfilled in 70 AD. That would indeed be silly. He IS saying that at least one part of the dread prophecy was fulfilled: Jerusalem was smashed, the Temple destroyed, and not one stone was left upon another.
I took the good Monsignor’s writing to be about the Babylon (perhaps) of America in addition to other parts of the world.
**But what of us? All those ancient kingdoms fell not merely because their time was up, but because of sin and the collapse that pride and sin bring. And as for us, how can a nation or culture stand that is increasingly permeated by pride, godlessness, corruption, fornication, abortion, sexual confusion, families in crisis, lack of sexual self-control, gluttony, drug use, alcoholism, rampant pornography, and ridicule of authority, tradition, and faith?**
To me, that is talking about the United States.
“He IS saying that at least one part of the dread prophecy was fulfilled: Jerusalem was smashed, the Temple destroyed, and not one stone was left upon another.”
That’s an entirely different prophecy, not found in Revelation, so that can’t be what he is talking about.