In what might be mistaken for a God-forsaken corner of central Portugal, tens of thousands witnessed an apparition in 1917 — and the lonely little town of Fátima became a major pilgrimage site for ...

FATIMA, Portugal, May 13 (Reuters) - Florinda, 77, woke up at the crack of dawn on Thursday to mark one of Portugal's biggest religious celebrations - though not early enough to get a spot inside. Due ...

Being in Fatima, Portugal, on May 13, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, is a taste of heaven. Song and prayer fill the air as groups walk down the main street throughout the days and nights leading up ...

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 annual event, which brings together pilgrims from countries such as India, Canada, Brazil and Ivory Coast, marks the first of three reported visions of the Virgin Mary, also known as Our Lady, ...

Pope Francis is undertaking a very different kind of papal trip at the end of this week. Unlike many of the other visits of his pontificate, he is not expected to focus on interreligious dialogue or ...

Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho was elected president of the Portuguese bishops’ conference in 2020. Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho will now lead the Portuguese Diocese of Fatima. (photo: Santuário de ...

Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - Fatima is one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world and is ready to welcome thousands of young people who will participate in World Youth Day from August 1 to 6, ...

Celebrating Mass in Fátima, Portugal, Saturday morning, 100 years after three shepherd children reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary there, Pope Francis canonized two of the visionaries as ...

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 ...