SAN FRANCISCO — The Marian apparitions at Fatima in Portugal are one of the most famous apparitions in the world. However, many people do not know the whole story of the three shepherd children ...

Up to half a million people are expected to welcome Pope Benedict XVI at Our Lady of Fatima’s shrine when he visits May 13, the 10th anniversary of the beatification of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, ...

FATIMA, Portugal− As wars rage in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere, tens of thousands of faithful prayed for peace on Sunday at Portugal's Fatima shrine, one of Catholicism's most famous sanctuaries. The ...

FATIMA, Portugal, May 12 (Reuters) - Suffering from an autoimmune disease, 71-year-old Maria Emilia travels - often by foot - to one of Catholicism's most famous sanctuaries in Portugal every year.

The statue of the Virgin Mary is carried in a procession by faithful prior to the start of a Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima Saturday, May 13, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. (Credit: AP ...

In 1990, during the filming of a documentary that explored an alternative interpretation for the events that became known as the “Apparitions of Our Lady” and “The Miracle of the Sun”, in the year ...

‘Today when we celebrate the memory of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the little shepherds of Fatima, I am very sad, because in the country where Our Lady appeared, a law to kill has been ...

LISBON (Reuters) -An estimated 1.5 million people packed a riverside park in Portugal's capital on Saturday, braving a relentlessly scorching sun for hours for an evening prayer service with Pope ...

Pope Francis on Saturday expressed his sorrow over the legalization of euthanasia in Portugal. “Today when we celebrate the memory of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the little shepherds of ...