What else did the Pope of the Sacred Heart, Leo XIII, do?
We must remember that he is the pope who, in 1884, saw the image of the devil challenging the Lord about the power that he wielded over the world and the Church; therefore, he wrote the prayers to St. Michael. As well, he had the vision of an eagle that made him capable of understanding systems of deceitful philosophies, materialistic doctrines and antisocialism that were spreading themselves more and more. With this insight and understanding, he was able to grasp the problems of his generation with the sureness of a most profound vision, delving into the open wounds that afflicted it and recognizing with clarity the dangers present. Knowing that the Lord said in the Book of Wisdom that nations are capable of being cured (1:14), he asked himself, What effective remedy we can apply? After much prayer and mature reflection, he proposed the Sacred Heart of Jesus. To a society that was sick, the Vicar of Christ offered the only possible remedy that could cure it. On the 25th of May, 1899,
