It’s helpful when pastors take the lead in promoting this devotion, but proponents stress that the key is for grassroots Catholics to commit themselves to carrying out this ‘unfulfilled’ part of ...
I want you to continue saying the Rosary every day, Our Lady reminded Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco at the start of her second appearance to them on June 13.. Then answering a question Lucia asked ...
Locals and swarms of pilgrims from various parts of the world gathered in Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome recently to show their Marian devotion and join in communal prayer. From April 3-7, the ...
Try as he might to insist that a tight focus on the details of the Fatima revelations is a prescription for mischief, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the world’s most celebrated Marian shrine inevitably ...
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle formally blessed and distributed 200 images of Our Lady of Fatima in a Holy Mass on May 13 at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Sgt. Mariano, Pasay City.
Deacon James T. Munuhe of St. James Church in Charles Town, W.Va., helps bless the parish’s new Our Lady of Fatima Shrine during its Oct. 14 dedication. (Credit: CNS photo/Colleen Rowan, The Catholic ...
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 ...
RIVERVIEW, MI – A Detroit-area chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary and her appearance to children in Europe in 1917 has been declared a local Roman Catholic shrine. Detroit Archbishop Allen H.
Jilson Tio grew up in a traditional Catholic Filipino family with a strong devotion to the Blessed Mother. One day in 2014, however, the 34-year-old teacher's faith was put to test. He was diagnosed ...
In a sense, there have always been two Fatimas in the popular Catholic imagination. One is a gentle devotion focused on Mary’s appearances to three illiterate shepherd children, an icon of God’s ...