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

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

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

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Although this ancient devotion once remained a secret to the majority of the Catholic world following the Second Vatican Council, it is now being brought out into the light once again and embraced ...

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 ...

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

We decree and order that in the whole Catholic world, during this year, the devotion of the Rosary shall be solemnly celebrated by special and splendid services. From the first day of next October ...

Prayer provokes action. Being Catholic includes a person’s commitment to justice, showcased by the Society of Jesus, also ...

ROME — A Catholic university in Belgium took the ... from Francis that women were “a fertile welcome, care, vital devotion.” A Vatican spokesman did not immediately respond to a request ...

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 ...