Reject the Numbing of America

The Sacred Heart and the presidential election

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Early voters line up to cast their ballots for the general election at a voting site in Carrboro, N.C., October 20, 2024.

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You are loved. As we faced the presidential election — which tends not be loving, Pope Francis asked us to have a heart. He was writing about the Sacred Heart of Jesus and how it can help us know we are loved. So many of us don’t believe we are loved.

It’s almost as if he was taking us back to his 2015 visit to Washington. Many were distracted by John Boehner deciding he was resigning as speaker of the House after meeting Francis, so we can be forgiven if we missed his message about the numbing down of America.

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.

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