COMMENTARY: The 40th anniversary is a fitting time to dwell on God’s providence throughout the 20th century, which was the most violent, chaotic, and murderous 100-year period in human history. Pope ...

A century ago, as the U.S. joined World War One and Russia was in revolutionary turmoil, a small town in Portugal entered the annals of history. Three children claimed the Virgin Mary appeared to them ...

VATICAN CITY – When Pope Francis travels to the Portuguese town of Fatima this weekend, he will be lending his blessing to a religious phenomenon that has captivated Catholics for a century: It ...

FATIMA, Portugal — The third secret of Fatima deals with past events, but at the same time its call to conversion is always current, always up to date, said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who formerly ...

This is part two of a two-part series. Part one covered the historical context, contents of the apparitions, and Miracle of the Sun. The secrets of Fatima While Mary revealed what came to be known as ...

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 ...

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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 ...

“Fatima” is a bit of a high-wire act. A dramatic account of the Marian visitations experienced by three Portuguese peasant children during World War I, it gives both the innocent faithful and the ...

A century ago, three shepherd children claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary. The two girls and a boy said she told them three secrets, which were later interpreted as foretelling the Second ...

In this photo taken May 4, 2017, a photograph of Pope Francis, Francisco in Portuguese, is displayed in the window of a shop selling statues of Our Lady of Fatima, in Fatima, Portugal. Pope Francis is ...