The cause for beatification of Sister Lucia dos Santos, the eldest child to witness the Fatima apparitions, has taken a step forward. In a meeting at the Vatican, the postulators for Lucia’s cause ...

Pope Francis visited Fátima, Portugal, on Saturday morning, where he prayed the rosary with young people with disabilities. Under the canopy of Fátima’s Chapel of Apparitions, which marks the exact ...

Fatima and Divine Mercy may seem to be separate devotions, but are they somehow linked? October brings an answer. The anniversary of the last public apparition of Our Lady of Fatima is Oct. 13. On one ...

For decades, a popular expression in Portugal has referred to the country's "three F's." Futebol. Fado. Fátima. Millions of pilgrims travel to Fátima every year, where it is said that the Virgin Mary ...

Whether you’re a devout Catholic or just a curious gawker, the place is a marvel and worth a visit. In what might be mistaken for a God-forsaken corner of central Portugal, tens of thousands witnessed ...

Since the arrival of Christianity on Philippine shores some 500 years ago, Filipinos are called by early Spanish missionaries as a "pueblo amante de Maria" or a "people in love with Mary" because of ...

Pope Francis greets children with a variety of illnesses and physical challenges after reciting the rosary at the Chapel of Apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal, Aug. 5, ...