This past Sunday, October 26, a procession in honor of Christ the King took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro. This year’s procession marked the centenary of the institution of this celebration by Pope Pius XI, through the encyclical Quas Primas. The event was organized by the Centro Cultural Permanência and the SSPX (Society of Saint Pius X), with structural support from the Centro Dom Bosco.
The procession was led by Bishop Bernard Fellay, one of the bishops consecrated by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988, and gathered more than a thousand faithful and religious associated with Permanência and the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). Six mounted state police officers escorted the Blessed Sacrament throughout the entire procession and the Pontifical High Mass.
The assembly began in front of the Monument in Honor of the Blessed Sacrament, created by Centro Dom Bosco last year. At exactly 3:00 p.m., the procession set out toward the streets, covering approximately two kilometers.
At the conclusion of the procession, a solemn pontifical Mass was celebrated in the square, presided over by Bishop Bernard Fellay, with the assistance of Dom Lourenço Fleichman, Dom Estevão, and Fr. Juan Maria de Montagut, Superior of the SSPX in Brazil.
