Indeed, the feast day has taken on an increasingly ecumenical character and is better known nowadays by its Protestant name, Christ the King Sunday. Jesus’ kingship had been expounded long ...

In Catholic churches the last Sunday of the liturgical year (Nov. 24 this year) is the feast of Christ the King, which reminds us Christ is not only spiritually supreme but also politically supreme.

This past Sunday was the Feast of Christ the King. In the church year, it is that time between the long season after Pentecost (otherwise known as ordinary time) and the short and extraordinary ...

This Sunday, some Christian denominations celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, also known as the Solemnity of Christ the King, or Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.

Christ the King invites us, not into an otherworldly experience, but into a transforming alternative to the world of polemics. Today's feast poses one demanding question to us: "Do we want to bet ...

Pope Pius XI instituted the feast of Christ the King in 1925 with his encyclical Quas Primas (“In the First”) to respond to growing secularism and atheism. He recognized that trying to push ...

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, celebrated this year on Nov. 25, is also referred to as the feast of Christ the King, Christ the King Sunday, and Reign of Christ Sunday.

Christ "is the image of the invisible God." That idea has inspired thousands of representations of Jesus of decidedly wide-ranging degrees of artistic quality. One of the oldest images we have is ...

The Mount Cristo Rey Restoration Committee recommends people climb Mount Cristo Rey during organized events such as Good Friday or the Feast of Christ the King (The Solemnity of Christ), which ...

Today’s feast of Christ the King is modern, even if it employs imagery that is ancient. It was instituted just under 100 years ago, in 1925, by the scholarly pontiff, Pope Pius XI, Achille Ratti ...

The Christ the ... of Christ the King “be a day specifically employed by bishops and priests to preach about religious liberty, both here and abroad,” as it is a feast “born out of ...