According to tradition, this litany, approved in 1899 for public recitation, originated at Marseilles, where devotion to the Sacred Heart became very popular during the early eighteenth century.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to who one thing alone is impossible, namely, not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of thee ...

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Local faith leaders contacted in recent days mostly welcomed a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. “As for me I would say that posting the Ten ...

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Catholic Bishops in South Sudan have, in separate video recordings, expressed their respective goodwill message on the 14th ...