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Author: Patrick J Passmore
Credit: Public Domain; Piero di Cosimo (1462-1522), Crucifixion of Christ

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

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

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