Elevation of the consecrated host at Mass depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Md. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) What is the Eucharist? Who may and may not receive the ...

In a sense, devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus begins when our Savior’s heart was pierced with a lance and blood and water flowed out. Yet it was not until the 11th and 12th centuries that devotion ...

Pope Francis will prepare a reflection on the Sacred Heart of Jesus for a world “that seems to have lost its heart,” he announced Wednesday. “I am happy to prepare a document that brings together the ...

Thank you. I read your encyclical on the Sacred Heart, “Dilexit Nos,” this weekend. It is beautiful and heartwarming. I hope people read it and pray with it. When you were in Spain this June, you ...

Catholics in Arkansas observe First Friday and First Saturday Devotions monthly, a tradition dating back centuries. The First Friday devotion, honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus, developed in the 11th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A man works on a chalk drawing depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Oct. 28, 2017, in Lima, Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bishop venerates relics of the 17th century St. Mary Margaret Alacoque, a French nun whose reports of visions of Jesus has led ...