Why did the pope choose to depart from highly relevant social issues to dedicate his fourth encyclical to an ancient devotion, the Sacred Heart of Jesus? Following Lumen fidei (2013), which ...

La Croix: The pope is about to publish an encyclical on the Sacred Heart. What is this devotion about? Father Etienne Kern: The devotion to the Sacred Heart is a spirituality entirely focused on ...

By contemplating Jesus’ Sacred Heart, the faithful can be filled with the “living water that can heal the hurt we have caused, strengthen our ability to love and serve others, and inspire us ...

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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 ...

By contemplating Jesus’ Sacred Heart, the faithful can be filled with the “living water that can heal the hurt we have caused, strengthen our ability to love and serve others, and inspire us to ...

It is love, sheer love,” he said. Pope Francis in the third chapter focused on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as involving the entirety of his person, human and divine. He clarified that ...

A prominent Italian theologian and archbishop has called Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart “the key to his entire pontificate” and “the inspiring motive of [his] whole minis ...

Pope Francis released a new encyclical Dilexit Nos (“He Loved Us”) on Thursday, calling for a renewed understanding of devotion to the Sacred Heart in the modern era and its many pressing ...

(photo: Julia Cassell/EWTN News / EWTN) Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican October 24, 2024 A prominent Italian theologian and archbishop has called Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart ...

Pope Francis has released a new encyclical “Dilexit Nos” (He Loved Us) about the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The fourth encyclical of his pontificate, it follows “Lumen Fidei,” co-written with ...

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 ...