The Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in his encyclical Quas primas as a counter response to the growing secularism and secular ultra-nationalism in the world.  As society increasingly leaves God out of man’s thinking and living and organizes the lives of humanity as if God does not exist, this feast is intended to proclaim in a striking and effective manner Jesus Christ’s royalty and sovereignty over individuals, families, society, governments, and nations.