A French archbishop has consecrated his diocese to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in response to the visit of an artistic creation with esoteric and Satanic imagery.

Archbishop Guy de Kerimel of Toulouse has acted to remedy potential harm caused by a creation called “The Gate of Darkness”.

Archbishop de Kerimel, while not condemning the performance, has indicated that the consecration of the Archdiocese of Toulouse to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a way to offer a hopeful alternative.

The consecration took place on the October 16 Feast of St Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French nun and mystic to whom Jesus appeared between 1673 and 1675, urging her to spread the devotion to His Sacred Heart.