The Sacred Heart of Jesus was one of my father’s favorite devotions. His other was St. Jude, despite he and my mom working ...

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

"Isn't it interesting that, of all things, the pope would give us, precisely at this moment, an encyclical on the Sacred ...

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 ...

The Pope had announced in June that he was preparing a document on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, noting that meditating on the Lord’s love can “illuminate the path of ecclesial renewal ...

In it he calls on believers to rediscover devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and, through it, to love our brothers and sisters in the church and world. “Dilexit Nos” (“He loved us ...

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 ...

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 ...

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