In 1925 Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King throughout the Roman Catholic Church in his encyclical Quas primas.
Some of these churches have made provision for the marking of a Kingdom Season across the final four Sundays of the liturgical year, stretching from All Saints' Day to Christ the King.
In the Church of England, "the period between All Saints' Day and the First Sunday of Advent is observed as a time of celebration and reflection on the reign of Christ in earth and heaven".
A relatively recent season, it arises from the need to provide shape to commemorations focussing on earth and heaven with Christ’s Kingship over all.
Although the Church of England also indicates that the Kingdom Season is a subsection of Ordinary Time, and marks it as such in the liturgical calendar published in Common Worship (Times and Seasons) and elsewhere,[10] it encourages the use of red vestments for the days between All Saints Day and Christ the King, to differentiate the period.