Thehayride iconThehayrideSep 24, 2026 ~2 min source read

A 1925 Pope Identified the Source of Society’s Evils — And Proposed a Political Remedy

Pope Pius XI’s 1925 encyclical Quas Primas linked the collapse of social order to denying Christ’s rule. This brief explains the encyclical’s remedy, its parallel to Fatima’s warnings, and how the idea changed after the 1960s.

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Pope Pius XI (1925) named the rejection of Christ’s authority over nations as the root of social evils and proposed public and political enthronement of Christ the King as the cure.

After the 1960s the idea of ‘Christ the King’ shifted toward a spiritual metaphor, losing its explicit public and legal implications.

The Hayride video revisits these texts and asks whether modern society faces the predicted consequences of rejecting Christ’s rule.

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Events About The Nooner Advertise Tips The Speakeasy App 0 --> Facebook Twitter 0 shares [Read below for some introductory context…] What is the source of the evils afflicting society? In this episode, we explore the prophetic parallels between Pope Pius XI's 1925 encyclical Quas Primas and the warnings of Our Lady of Fatima, delivered just eight years earlier. As Communism spread and Christendom was suffocated, Fatima and Pius XI pointed toward the same heavenly medicine.

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  • After the 1960s, however, that original vision was overhauled, seemingly subtly, but such is the devil's wiles.
  • Have we heeded the warnings of prophets past—or grown arrogant inside the chaos that follows whenever nations reject the rule, order, and justice of Christ?
  • Watch now and consider whether we are living through the very consequences foretold.
  • The public and political enthronement of Jesus Christ as King of all nations.
  • "Christ the King" became a vague spiritual metaphor rather than a claim to His real authority over laws, leaders, and civilizations.

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Decades later now, we continue trying to treat society's multiplying symptoms whilst refusing to confront the source. Advertisement All images are used under applicable public-domain or fair-use principles. Originally published in December 2024, shortly after the presidential election.

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Pope Pius XI gave a direct answer, and that was way back in 1925. The music was included through the Descript editing program. Inside Speckled Trout ALREADY Hitting Jerkbaits!

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