Pope Pius XI (
Latin: Pius PP. XI;
Italian: Pio XI;
May 31,
1857 –
February 10,
1939), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, reigned as
Pope from
February 6,
1922 and as
sovereign of
Vatican City from
1929 until his death on
February 10,
1939. He issued the
encyclical Quas Primas establishing the
feast of Christ the King, and took as his papal motto "Christ's peace in Christ's kingdom." This indicates the central idea of his pontificate: that the Catholic religion must permeate all areas of human living: the home, the city, politics, economics, art etc. Rather than allowing religious belief to be reduced to a merely private matter, or withdrawing the Church from involvement in the outer world, Pius XI thought Catholics must work to create a truly Catholic society: Christ must be King over every aspect of life.
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