Pope Francis releases ‘Dilexit Nos,’ the first encyclical on the Sacred Heart in nearly 70 years, arguing Catholic devotion ...

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

Young people from Church of the Incarnation, Mantua, visit with the coadjutor bishop during the Deanery 3 welcome event Oct.

In his fourth encyclical, published October 24, Pope Francis presents the Sacred Heart as the antidote to the ills of ...

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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French nun responsible for spreading the devotion of the Sacred Heart throughout the Western ...

It ends the liturgy with a private devotion, a petition to a saint, while all of the petitions were concluded much earlier in ...

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Father Jonathan Fioramonti is the newest chaplain for St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly.

The Journal continues the once-a-month series "From the Studio" with Assistant Arts Editor Kathaleen Roberts, as she takes an up-close look at an artist. Contemporary santero Nicholas Herrera mixes ...

The approximately 30,000-word encyclical draws extensively from Scripture and tradition, featuring insights from St. Thérèse ...

“Devotion to the Sacred Heart, as it developed in Europe two centuries ago, under the impulse of the mystical experiences of ...