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Pope Francis embraces Lucas Batista from Brazil as offertory gifts are presented during the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
Faith
Pope Francis makes history and canonizes Jacinta and Francisco, two child saints
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis made history by canonizing Jacinta and Francisco Marto, the first child saints who are not martyrs.
Faith
Updates from Fatima: reports a historic trip and canonization
The Editors
Updates on Pope Francis’ trip to Fatima as well as the canonization of Jacinta and Francisco Marto.
Pilgrims arrive at the Marian shrine of Fatima May 10 in central Portugal (CNS photo/Paulo Cunha, EPA).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis goes as a pilgrim to Fatima “to share the Gospel of hope and peace”
Gerard O’Connell
One million pilgrims are expected to join Pope Francis in Fatima on May 12 to 13 for the centenary celebration of the apparitions of Our Lady to three Portuguese shepherd children.
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. (CNS photo/EPA)
FaithVatican Dispatch
The story of Fatima: the apparitions, the miracles and the journey to sainthood
Gerard O’Connell
On Saturday Pope Francis will canonize two of the children who saw the Marian apparitions in 1917.
The sun sets behind a statue of Mary on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithNews
How the Catholic Church determines a true Marian apparition
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The focus is more on the message than the miracle.
A statue of Mary is carried through the crowd in 2013 at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. (CNS photo/Paulo Cunha, EPA)
FaithNews
Fatima 100 years later: Why believers, nonbelievers alike are intrigued by Our Lady of the Rosary
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The miracles and unexplained phenomenon that accompanied the events 100 years ago continue to intrigue believers and nonbelievers alike.
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