FATIMA, Portugal – Pope Francis and pilgrims from around the world are flocking to a Catholic shrine town in Portugal to honor two poor, illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary ...

Our Lady of Fatima is an apparition of Mary that took place between May and October of 1917. Mary appeared to three young children — Lúcia, Jacinta and Francisco. These poor and simple children were ...

FATIMA, Portugal — To the cheers of tens of thousands, Pope Francis traveled Friday to the Portuguese town of Fatima to honor two illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 ...

Pope Francis added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints last week, honoring young siblings whose reported visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the Portuguese ...