The heart has always been seen as the “center” or essence a person (“the heart of the matter,” “you are my heart,” “take it to heart,” etc.) and the wellspring of our emotional lives and love (“you break my heart,” “my heart sings,” etc.) Devotion to the Sacred Heart of …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 6, 2024 / 10:00 am Pope Francis this week prayed for men who want, start, or needlessly prolong wars, with the prayer coming ahead of the 80th anniversary of the 1944 Allied landings in Normandy. “People want peace!” the pope wrote in a June 5 …

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 5, 2024 / 15:27 pm Pope Francis is slowing down his liturgical schedule a bit this summer as he prepares to head out on the longest international trip of his pontificate in September. The 87-year-old pope does not have any public Masses on his schedule …

By Isabel Barry Chicago, Ill., Jun 10, 2023 / 07:00 am The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion that began in the 12th century and became more popular after Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 1670s, revealing to her the image …

By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 4, 2024 / 13:52 pm Pope Francis has reportedly encouraged a 22-year-old gay man to continue to pursue a vocation to the priesthood after he was not accepted into a Catholic seminary. According to the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, the pope responded to an email …

By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Jun 3, 2024 / 17:02 pm Catholics across the United States took to the streets over the weekend to celebrate the solemnity of Corpus Christi and share their faith by processing with Jesus in the Eucharist. The Corpus Christi processions took place at a time when …

By Marinella Bandini Jerusalem, Jun 4, 2024 / 07:00 am During the month of May in Jerusalem, the major holidays of the three major religions — Christian Easter, Jewish Passover, and the month of Ramadan — passed with an almost total absence of pilgrims from abroad. The holy sites and the …

By Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver Newsroom, Jun 1, 2023 / 02:00 am June is known as the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus most simply because the solemnity of the Sacred Heart is celebrated during this month. This year, the solemnity falls on June 16. The date changes each year …

By Sharon Delaney CNA Newsroom, Jun 2, 2024 / 08:15 am With school uniforms pressed, matching hair ribbons, and hands folded in prayer, hundreds of school children from the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, greeted the most special guest imaginable: Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Fresh off a trek across New …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 1, 2024 / 10:00 am A Christian employee has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Fire Department in which he alleges he was subjected to “retaliation” and “religious discrimination” for refusing to raise a well-known Pride-theme flag while he was working. A veteran county …