When Our Lady appears, so does biblical symbolism connected to her and her messages for us. I have often wondered about certain aspects in Our Lady’s apparitions. For instance, why did she appear at ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the presence of hundreds of thousands of faithful at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, the former Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Pope’s special envoy to the event, presided ...

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 ...

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On Friday July 19, 2013, join with family, friends and neighbors as Father Andrew Apostoli delves into the revelations of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. This "Fatima for Today" evening ...

Oct. 13, 1917, marked the last Marian apparition in Fátima and the day on which thousands of people bore witness to the miracle of the dancing sun — a miracle that shattered the prevalent belief at ...

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 13, 2020. The pope greeted Portuguese speakers during the live-streamed ...

“Fatima” chronicles mystical events leading to what believers call “the Miracle of the Sun” in October 1917, in Fatima, Portugal. The film follows three young shepherd children — principally ...