Sunday, November 25, 2007

Jesus Christ, King of the Universe & of Hearts

"Ecce Homo!" -- The Passion of the Christ

By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap

ROME, NOV. 23, 2007 (Zenit.org). - The solemnity of Christ the King was instituted only recently. It was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in response to the atheist and totalitarian political regimes that denied the rights of God and the Church. The climate in which the feast was born was, for example, that of the Mexican revolution, when many Christians went to their deaths crying out to their last breath, “Long live Christ the King!” Continue reading …

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