Cardinale Van Thuan
newsletter n.458 25 novembre 2013
The liturgical year ends with the Feast of Christ the King, which this year falls on Sunday, 24 November 2013. On this occasion the Feast of Christ the King takes on additional sense and significance insofar as it marks the conclusion of the Year of Faith inaugurated by Benedict XVI on 11 October 2012 and coming to an end on that Sunday, 24 November 2013.
First of all it would be useful to specify that the lordship or kingship of Christ is a teaching of the Church contained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This is a truth of the doctrine of the faith, as we read in the words of Pious XI, the pope who created the feast: “It is a dogma of faith that Jesus Christ was given to man, not only as our Redeemer, but also as a law-giver, to whom obedience is due” (Quas Primas).







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