On Thursday, October 24, Pope Francis will publish a new encyclical focusing on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Titled “Dilexit nos” (He Loved Us), it will be Pope Francis’ fourth encyclical. According to the Vatican News Service, with “this document, Pope Francis will call for a change of perspective, urging humanity to rediscover what is most essential: the heart.”
The subtitle: “Encyclical Letter on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ.”
Click here to read more on the Vatican News website about the encyclical’s release.
The last encyclical on the Sacred Heart was “Haurietis Aquas” by Pope Pius XII in 1956.