Both husband and wife, however, receiving these children with joy and gratitude from the hand of God, will regard them as a ...

LOS ANGELES — There have been a number of Marian apparitions approved by the Catholic Church, but none has generated more devotions — and controversy — than those that occurred in Fátima, Portugal, in ...

Worshippers hold candles May 12, 2022, at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. (OSV News photo/Pedro Nunes, Reuters) Next week, the Vatican is set to publish a new set of guidelines on ...

Portuguese shepherd children Lucia dos Santos, center, and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, are seen in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima. (Credit: ...

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 ...

On Oct. 13, 2016, Catholics commemorate the 99th anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun”: In a small town in Portugal, called Fátima, the sun left its place in the sky and spiraled toward earth. This ...

Pope Francis will hold an ordinary public consistory on April 20, where the cardinals of the Church are expected to pave the way for the canonization of the Fatima visionaries. There are five causes ...

This Thursday, Dec. 10, marks the 95th anniversary of the Blessed Mother appearing with the Child Jesus to Sister Lúcia in her convent and giving her major directions meant for all of us. But in the ...

Pope Francis with a statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, May 13, 2015. (Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.) Listen ROME — The Vatican office which governs the use of the ...

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, ...