Christ the King, Feast of

November, Sunday before Advent begins

In 1925, Pope Pius XI established the last Sunday in October as the Feast of Christ the King. He did so in order to remind people of Christ's everlasting authority over the people of the earth, thereby signaling the church's resistance to the rising tide of secular values and ideas in politics as well as in social matters. This Roman Catholic feast day was adopted by the Episcopal Church as well as other churches of the Anglican Communion. In 1970 the Roman Catholic Church moved the feast to the last Sunday before Advent begins, as did the Episcopal Church and some other churches in the Anglican Communion.

SOURCES:
ChristYr-1991, p. 86
DaysCustFaith-1957, p. 276
OxYear-1999, p. 636

References in periodicals archive

The occasion officially opened in December 2018 and will close on November 24, 2019, the feast of Christ the King.

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!-- -- In our modern (some would say post-modern, or even post-post-modern) world, when monarchy is mainly for ceremony, does the Feast of Christ the King still have meaning?

Should we still hail kingship?

The last Sunday in our liturgical calendar is always the celebration of the feast of Christ the King, the fitting finale to reflections on the fullness of time.

The Servant King

Some say that when Pope Pius XI established the feast of Christ the King in 1925, he wanted to combat secularism and also, some say, to remind the nations of Europe that even after losing its secular power, the Catholic Church remained more important than political realms.

Like a Son of Nan NOVEMBER 25, 2018, THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE: Dn 7:13-14; Ps 93; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33b-57

The Feast of Christ the King closes the liturgical year of the Catholic Church.

'The end' is inevitable

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Second Vatican Reforms On Reverse Gear

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Papal piety

WILSHAW There was no service at St Mary's last |Sunday, as the congregation attended the United Communion service at Christ Church, Helme to celebrate the feast of Christ the King.

Community news

The visit is timed to coincide with the Feast of Christ the King at the Metropolitan Cathedral on Sunday, November 20.

Papal representative in city visit