Devotion to Sacred Heart Requires Solidarity With LGBTQ Community

Every June, some Catholics get angry about Pride Month and call for "reclaiming June" from Pride celebrations through renewed devotion to the Sacred Heart. And while plenty of LGBTQ Catholics and their allies have responded with how they see no issue in celebrating both, this year the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops seems to have entered the ring with a new twist: a statement and corresponding video that explicitly connects devotion to the Sacred Heart with America's semiquincentennial.