It was already known that Pope Francis would publish a new document on the Heart of Jesus. He had previously told some bishops.
LUIS ARGÜELLO
President, Episcopal Conference of Spain
In September he will publish an apostolic exhortation on the Heart of Jesus.
The pontiff himself announced it in June during an audience. And he insisted that the publication would be in September.
POPE FRANCIS
I ask you to accompany me in prayer during this time of preparation with the intention of publishing this document next September.
In the end, the document will be published on October 24. This was confirmed by the Vatican, which also pointed out that it will not be an apostolic exhortation but an encyclical.
It will be entitled "Dilexit nos. Letter on the human and divine love of the Heart of Jesus Christ". The pontiff already explained at the time why he wanted to dedicate a document to this question.
POPE FRANCIS
I think it will do us a lot of good to meditate on various aspects of the Lord's love that can illuminate the path of ecclesial renewal but also say something that is meaningful to a world that seems to have lost heart.
This will be the fourth encyclical published by the Pope in his 11 and a half year pontificate.
TR: JD
