Here’s what you need to know about “Dilexit nos,” the new encyclical from Pope Francis about the Sacred Heart.

A WORLD that has become “heartless” and a Church searching for revitalisation must both open up to Christ’s infinite love, Pope Francis wrote in his new encyclical, Dilexit Nos, (“He loved us”). By contemplating Jesus’ Sacred Heart,

Find out what the key messages are in Dilexit Nos and what the new encyclical by Pope Francis means for the Catholic community.

In his fourth encyclical, “Delixit Nos,” Pope Francis calls on believers to rediscover devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and, through it, to love our brothers and sisters in the church and world.

Selected excerpts from Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart, Dilexit nos, published October 24. The pope reflects on “the human and divine love of the heart of Jesus Christ,” the very one who “loved us.

Pope Francis releases ‘Dilexit Nos,’ the first encyclical on the Sacred Heart in nearly 70 years, arguing Catholic devotion offers answers to challenges such as artificial intelligence and digital isolation.

ROME, OCT 24 - Pope Francis on Thursday published the fourth encyclical of his pontificate. The encyclical is called Dilexit Nos - he loved us in Latin. Its full title is "Dilexit Nos - Encyclical Letter on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ" and the original Spanish-language text is 40-page-long.

Pope Francis has issued the fourth encyclical of his papacy, denouncing a world that “is losing its heart” during times of global turmoil marked by “wars, socio-economic disparities and the uses of technology that threaten our humanity.

A prolific spiritual writer, Forte, who became a member of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in June, called the encyclical “extremely timely” for its attention to “the centrality of God’s love in Jesus Christ” and to the “dramatic challenges of the present time.”

While breaking free from “self-reliant moralism”, modern people can find in Christ’s heart “a blazing furnace of divine and human love, the most sublime fulfilment to which humanity can aspire”, at a time when new wars and “petty power struggles” give the impression “that our world is losing its heart”.

Pope Francis urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to abandon the "mad pursuit" of money and instead devote themselves to their faith in a new encyclical letter, the highest form of papal teaching,