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The Chapel of Christ the King at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia.

Why Pope Pius XI established the feast of Christ the King in a turbulent 1925

Nov 23, 2025

By Patrick J. Passmore

The feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 following his encyclical Quas Primas. Today... Read more

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A residence hall at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan celebrates Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Dagupan City, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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The coffin of Cardinal Josef Beran is carried by a horse-drawn carriage toward St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague on April 21, 2018. The cardinal’s remains were repatriated to his homeland 49 years after his death in exile in Rome.

Czech prosecutor seeks justice for cardinal persecuted by Nazis and communists

Daughters of Charity Congregation in Cuba.

Consecrated life perseveres in Cuba despite a lack of vocations

Pope Leo XIV gives his apostolic blessing at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Nov. 12, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV condemns attack on Sydney’s Jewish community, prays for victims

A general view shows the West Kowloon court sign where jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial was taking place in Hong Kong on Aug. 28, 2025.

Jimmy Lai found guilty of national security violations, faces life in prison

Mass at Arizona State University’s Newman Center chapel.

College campus ministries register remarkable growth in baptisms, confirmations

Pope Leo XIV places a crown on the Madonna of Sinti, Roma, and Walking Peoples during the audience of the Jubilee of the Roma, Sinti, and Traveling Peoples in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2025.

Some Protestant scholars welcome Vatican document clarifying Marian titles

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney, Australia.

‘This must stop’: Sydney archbishop condemns hate after Bondi terror kills 16

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the Angelus on December 14, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV voices concern over renewed fighting in eastern Congo, urges dialogue

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