The devotion began in France in 1675, with Jesus’ appearance to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, in which Christ revealed his heart burning with love for humanity and requested that the feast of the ...

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Criminals sharing abortion-rights sentiments targeted a church in Boulder Tuesday night, smashing windows and spray painting Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Boulder.

From the outset, the image had a political edge. During the French Revolution it was adopted as a royalist symbol ...

Editor’s note: The headline of this story has been updated to correctly characterize some of the messages graffitied on the church. Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Boulder County was once again ...

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — whose feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on Oct. 16 — was a French nun responsible for spreading the devotion of the Sacred Heart throughout the ...

Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Boulder County was vandalized overnight Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Messages in support of abortion rights were spray-painted on the church’s exterior.

The agency said it responded to the Sacred Heart of Mary Church, located at 6739 S. Boulder Rd., and found graffiti with anti-church and pro-choice messages.