Christ the King: 100 Years of Quas Primas — What Every Catholic Should Know
What happens when nations thrust Jesus Christ out of their laws, their politics, and their lives? Pope Pius XI answered this question exactly 100 years ago — and his words have never been more urgent.
In this powerful lecture, Dominican theologian Father David Bellusci unpacks Quas Primas, the 1925 encyclical that established the Feast of Christ the King. Writing amid the wreckage of World War I, the rise of communism, and aggressive secularization across Europe and Mexico, Pius XI issued a prophetic diagnosis: lasting peace is impossible when Christ's kingship is denied. Father Bellusci traces the biblical foundations of Christ's dominion over hearts, minds, wills, and nations — and reveals why this teaching remains the antidote to our own cultural confusion.
From the Cristeros martyrs of Mexico to missionaries executed in Yemen and Nigeria, this lecture illuminates the cost of discipleship and the courage required to build the Kingdom of Christ on earth.
It is a call to every Catholic: Will you proclaim His kingship, or remain silent?
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