The Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism, a way of life which leaves God out of man's thinking and living and organizes his life as if God did not exist.

The Feast is intended to proclaim in a striking and effective manner Christ's royalty over individuals, families, society, governments, and nations.

1. Christ is God, the Creator of the universe and hence wields a supreme power over all things; "All things were created by Him";
2. Christ is our Redeemer, He purchased us by His precious Blood, and made us His property and possession;
3. Christ is Head of the Church, "holding in all things the primacy";
4. God bestowed upon Christ the nations of the world as His special possession and dominion.

1. supreme, extending not only to all people but also to their princes and kings;
2. universal, extending to all nations and to all places;
3. eternal, for "The Lord shall sit a King forever";
4. spiritual, for Christ's "kingdom is not of this world."