Preparation for the centennial of the Fatima apparitions began in 2010, with the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Portuguese shrine, where he acknowledged that “in seven years you will return here to ...

Hace 100 años, el 13 de mayo de 1917, la aparición mariana más comentada del siglo 20 les ocurrió a tres pastorcitos en una cueva de Portugal. Los niños Lucía, Francisco y Jacinta vieron a la Virgen ...

The children of Fatima: Lúcia Santos, Jacinta and Francisco Marto. Jacinta and Francisco will be canonized by Pope Francis on May 13th. We will be posting updates and photos Friday and Saturday as ...

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima April 2017 in Fatima, Portugal. (Credit: Daniel Ibanez CNA.) Listen FATIMA, Portugal – Over the past 10 years the Fatima shrine has seen an uptick in the number of ...

A statue of Mary is carried through the crowd in 2013 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in central Portugal. (Credit: Paulo Cunha/EPA via CNS.) Listen The apparitions at Fatima are the key moment of ...

As extraordinary as the apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, nearly 100 years ago were, the sanctity of the shepherd children did not hinge on their having seen Mary, a cardinal said. “The apparition of ...

(RNS) The ’Splainer (as in “You’ve got some ’splaining to do”) is an occasional feature in which the RNS staff gives you everything you need to know about current events to hold your own at the water ...