Dilexit Nos,” meaning “He Loved Us,” describes how devotion to the heart of Christ “reappears in the spiritual journey of ...

According to tradition, this litany, approved in 1899 for public recitation, originated at Marseilles, where devotion to the Sacred Heart ... one God, . . . Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal ...

To indicate what he is talking about, Pope Francis refers to the character Nikolai Stavrogin in Dostoevsky’s novel Devils ...

Pope Francis’ new encyclical Dilexit Nos (“On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ”), released Oct. 24, is a much-needed salve for the Catholic faithful, according to analysts who ...

By contemplating Jesus’ Sacred Heart, the faithful can be filled with the “living water that can heal the hurt we have caused ...

When the beloved disciple reclined his head upon the breast of the Savior (cf. Jn 13:25), he heard the beats of divine charity and felt the heat of God's love. Among the Twelve Apostles, ...

The encyclical, announced in June, the month traditionally dedicated by the Church to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is the Pope’s fourth since his election in March 2013, and contains reflections from ...

Pope Francis, your encyclical on the Sacred Heart, “Dilexit Nos,” is beautiful and heartwarming. And for Catholics in the United States, the timing was perfect.

In his latest encyclical, Pope Francis extensively reflects on the heart of Jesus. French Bishop Benoît Rivière of Autun explains how this text aligns with previous encyclicals, grounding us in the ...

Pope Francis issued the fourth encyclical of his papacy on Thursday, denouncing a world that “is losing its heart” during ...

A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its ...