What Pope Leo Just Did May Have Fulfilled a 100-Year-Old Prophecy

From Totus Catholica

Pope Leo XIV's visit to Algeria this past April was the first time any pope had set foot on Algerian soil, and it completes a promise put in writing exactly 100 years ago in Pope Pius XI's 1926 encyclical Rerum Ecclesiae, which called for native priests and bishops to one day govern their own churches. That document did not create the growth of the African Church. It simply saw it coming and tried to serve it.

The deeper prophecy was never a pope's words anyway. Psalm 68:31 declares that Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand to God. The Ethiopian official baptised by Philip in Acts 8 is the first fulfilment. The mass offered on African soil today is the ongoing fulfilment. Africa was never the edge of the Christian world. Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine came from North Africa. The Septuagint was translated in Alexandria. Simon of Cyrene carried the cross. The faith did not travel to Africa. It came home. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Pope Leo XIV in Algeria and the 100-Year-Old Promise 1:51 The Grandfather's Oak: The 1926 Encyclical 2:10 Psalm 68:31 and Ethiopia Hastening to God 2:53 The Ethiopian Official in Acts 8 3:24 Africa in the Gospel: Egypt, Cyrene, Pentecost 4:06 Tertullian, Cyprian, and Augustine 4:53 Rerum Ecclesiae and Native Clergy 5:36 The Church Is Not Dying, It Is Relocating 5:59 Zephaniah 3:10 and the Mincha Offering 6:15 Isaiah's Altar in Egypt and the Mass 7:04 Protestant Objection: The Spirit, Not the Paperwork 7:31 Jewish Objection: Psalm 68 and Israel 🌍 Website: https://totuscatholica.org/ Rosary Guide: https://totuscatholica.org/rosary ✉️ Contact: https://totuscatholica.org/contact 🔍 Examination of Conscience: https://catholicexaminationofconscien... 📚 Free eBooks: https://buymeacoffee.com/totuscatholi... 👥 Become a Totus Insider: https://buymeacoffee.com/totuscatholi...