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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(RNS) The ’Splainer (as in “You’ve got some ’splaining to do”) is an occasional feature in which the RNS staff gives you everything you need to know about current events to hold your own at the water ...

Pope Francis heads to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in northern Portugal on Friday to celebrate the centenary of the first appearances of the Virgin Mary as described by three shepherd children on ...

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 ...

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 ...

FATIMA, Portugal — Pope Francis has canonized two of three Shepherd children who claimed to see the Virgin Mary over 100 years ago. The two girls and a boy from the Portuguese town of Fatima said 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 ...

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 ...