The only surviving person to witness the opening of the third Fatima secret has denied claims that the Vatican is hiding details about a predicted apocalypse. Archbishop Loris Capovilla, 91, who ...

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 ...

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian bishops' conference, attends the opening of the interreligious meeting "The Cry of Peace" in Rome Oct. 23, 2022. Cardinal Zuppi will lead Pope Francis' ...

While Mary revealed what came to be known as The Great Secret of Fatima during her third apparition to the shepherd children, it was kept from the public for quite some time, according to instructions ...

In 1990, during the filming of a documentary that explored an alternative interpretation for the events that became known as the “Apparitions of Our Lady” and “The Miracle of the Sun”, in the year ...

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 ...

It is a Vatican rule: candidates for sainthood wait five years beyond their deaths before the Catholic Church begins its investigation of their “heroic virtue,” the first step toward canonization.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is back in the news and not a moment too soon. This time, he brings a warning not from his long experience as a Vatican insider or as a diplomat, but a more direct ...

Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday called abortion and same-sex marriage some of the most "insidious and dangerous" threats facing the world today, asserting key church teachings as he tried to move beyond ...

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 ...

“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 ...