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Popes and the Sacred Heart: A Timeline

A 19th-century statue of the Sacred Heart in Paris

For more than a century and a half, popes have taught the importance of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here are some highlights.

At Rest With Jesus in the City That Never Sleeps

Cardinal Timothy Dolan blesses the faithful with the Blessed Sacrament at Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel on July 30, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village.

‘God’s the only load-bearing structure for your heart,’ says Dominican Father Jonah Teller, of the divine tug toward prayer in Manhattan.

‘Witness to the Whole World’: Families Gather for Eucharistic Procession in Washington, D.C.

Families walk in downtown Washington, D.C. as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage makes its way through the capital on June 6, 2026. The pilgrimage began in Florida and will finish in Philadelphia later in the summer.

Amid heat and humidity, parents and grandparents packed their little ones into strollers and carriers and brought them out to view the Eucharistic pilgrimage as it made its way through the capital.