Laywoman’s Role in Christ the King Feast Exposes Modernist Distortions
Catholic News Agency reports (November 22, 2025) on Marthe de Noaillat, described as the “Apostle of Christ the King” for her campaign to establish the feast of Christ the King. The article credits her with organizing a “global referendum” endorsed by Benedict XV and Pius XI, culminating in the 1925 encyclical Quas primas. It portrays her as a pious laywoman who overcame failed religious vocations and entered a Josephine marriage before dying tragically in 1926. The narrative frames her as a heroic figure whose “tenacious advocacy” supposedly secured the feast’s establishment. This hagiographical account conceals grave theological deviations and the modernist corruption of Christ’s social reign.









