The encyclical, issued on Oct. 24, examines the transformative power of Jesus’ heart as a font of healing for a divided world.

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.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open themselves up to Christ’s infinite love, Pope Francis wrote.

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.

In this encyclical devoted to the Sacred Heart devotion, the Argentine pope reiterated Pope Pius XI and Pius XII's critique of contemporary thought, which he views as overly materialistic and rationalistic.

Pope Francis issued the fourth encyclical of his papacy on Thursday, 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 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,

In an era of artificial intelligence, "we cannot forget that poetry and love are necessary to save our humanity,’’ Pope Francis wrote.

Pope Francis is skeptical of artificial intelligence’s effects on humanity, and on Thursday he released an encyclical explaining why. In the 141-page document, called “Dilexit Nos” (He loved us), the pontiff grapples with many of the issues of modern culture — war,