King and Contradictions in the Kingdom

In 1925 Pope Pius XI created the feast of Christ the King. The Roman Catholic Lectionary offers Scripture passages to celebrate the feast. The person of this Pope, the Church and society in the “twenties” and the political situation in the world contained many contradictions and paradoxes. The path of wisdom in our journey requires that we deal with and live with paradox and tension between apparently contradictory ideas and actions. Pius XI proposed social action for Christians in the face of communism, National Socialism, secularism and a time (the 20th Century) when ‘might is right’ can be contrasted sharply with the image of Jesus before Pilate proclaiming "Christ's peace in Christ's kingdom". (motto of PiusXI)