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Christ the King, exalted by the Cross
Readings: • 1 Sam 5:1-3 • Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 • Col 1:12-20 • Lk 23:35-43 “Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I […]
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Young people to make pilgrimage to Christ the King shrine for religious freedom in Mexico
Participants in the 2023 National Youth Pilgrimage to the Christ the King statue high atop Cubilete in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. / Credit: Isaacvp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons… […]
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Christ the King: Pope Pius XI’s hope for ‘lasting peace among the nations’
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the feast of Christ the King, Nov. 21, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media
CNA Staff, Nov 25, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Every year on the last Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Catholic Church observes … […]
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The Kingdom is not thing; the Kingdom is a Person
Readings: • Ezek 34:11-12, 15-17 • Psa 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6 • 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28 • Matt 25:31-46 Sacred Scripture is bursting with kings. With close to 3,000 references to kings, it’s safe to say […]
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Pope Francis: Through the paradox of the cross, Jesus ‘embraced our death’
Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Cathedral of Asti, in northern Italy, for the Solemnity of Christ the King on Nov. 20, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Rome Newsroom, Nov 20, 2022 / 07:25 am (CNA).
On the Solemnity of Christ the King, Pope… […]
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Pope Francis: Christ is not like other kings, he is a King for others
Pope Francis speaks after delivering his Angelus address at the Vatican, Nov. 21, 2021. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2021 / 06:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christ is “not like other kings, but he is a King for others…. […]
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World Youth Day 2021: Pope Francis asks young Catholics to be ‘critical conscience of society’
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the feast of Christ the King, Nov. 21, 2021. / EWTN News/Daniel Ibáñez/Vatican Pool.
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2021 / 05:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged young Catholics on Sunday to “be the cr… […]
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Here’s the story of how the feast of Christ the King came about
Our Lord Christ the King parish in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first in the world to have a church with that name. An earlier church building gained that distinction in 1926. This is a photo of the current church, built in the 1950s. / Courtesy of… […]
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Christ the King deserves our praise, obedience, and adoration
Readings: • Dan 7:13-14 • Ps 93:1, 1-2, 5 • Rev 1:5-8 • Jn 18:33b-37 “Would Jesus feel at home among the opulence of The Vatican?” The question was put to me after I’d written […]
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Virtual pilgrimage to Mexico’s monument of Christ the King announced
Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan 8, 2021 / 09:45 am (CNA).- The traditional youth pilgrimage to the monument of Christ the King on the “Cerro del Cubilete” (Dice Cup Hill) in Guanajuato, Mexico, will take place virtually Jan. 30 due to the coronavir… […]