Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus goes back to the 11th century, but it wasn’t until hundreds of years later, in 1856, that Pope Pius IX made the feast of the Sacred Heart into a universal celebration.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus goes back to the 11th century, but it wasn’t until hundreds of years later, in 1856, that Pope Pius IX made the feast of the Sacred Heart into a universal celebration.