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Summary
Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart

Deutsch: Schwester Maria Droste zu Vischering

Date: 1890

In 1899, the consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Pope Leo XIII in the encyclical Annum Sacrum (entering new theological territory by consecrating non-Christians) was due to the messages from Jesus reported by the nun, Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart. Pope Leo XIII did this after the death of Sister Mary of the Divine Heart and called it "the greatest act of my pontificate".