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5 days ago · On May 25, 1899, Pope Leo XIII promulgated the encyclical Annum Sacrum, which consecrated the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This encyclical was written after a nun, Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart, sent two letters to the Pope requesting that he consecrate the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
4 days ago · In 1899, Pope Leo XIII promulgated Annum Sacrum, an encyclical calling for the world’s consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Joseph Pronechen, June 11, 2024 – National Catholic Register
5 days ago · Leo XIII is best remembered for his social and political thought, which earned him the sobriquet the “pope of peace.” Uncompromising in his attitude toward Italy and papal independence, Leo strove to improve relations with France and encouraged French Catholics to participate in their democracy.
5 days ago · Jesus asked that she spread the devotion in reparation for the blasphemies against God and the profanation of Sunday. Many saints honored the Holy Face of Jesus, including St. Therese of Lisieux. Pope Leo XIII also established an Archconfraternity of the Holy Face in 1887.
2 days ago · In 1897, by rescript of Pope Leo XIII, the sanctuary of Our Lady of Walsingham was restored with the building of a Holy House as the Lady Chapel of the Catholic Church of the Annunciation, at King’s Lynn.
1 day ago · He is considered by many historians to be the most important scholar of antiquity for the period between the death of Pope Gregory I in 604 and the coronation of Charlemagne in 800. In 1899, Pope Leo XIII declared him a Doctor of the Church. He is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation.
3 days ago · In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue again discusses Pope Leo XIII's letter on Americanism. How does the document from 1899 answer today's calls for a "synodal Church" with a contextual theology? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes What Is the Heresy of Americanism?
