On March 25, 1874, Ecuador became the world’s first nation to be consecrated officially to the Sacred Heart with full state backing.The interior of the Basilica of the National Vow in Quito, built in memory of Ecuador’s consecration to the Sacred Heart. Credit: Alejandro Quintanar/wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0.The consecration was proclaimed jointly by Ecuador’s President Gabriel García Moreno and Archbishop José Ignacio Checa y Barba at Quito Metropol…