FATIMA, PortugalFATIMA, Portugal — Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for an outdoor Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday at Fatima, the Catholic shrine that pilgrims visit in ...

Up to half a million people attended the Mass held by the Pope Up to half a million people have attended an open-air Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in Portugal.

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for an outdoor mass celebrated by the pope today at the Portuguese shrine of Fatima… Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for an outdoor mass ...

“I opened my eyes and I could see perfectly,” said Jimena, a 16-year-old Spanish World Youth Day (WYD) pilgrim who said she miraculously recovered her sight after receiving the Eucharist at Fátima, ...

FATIMA, Portugal — A few dozen people attend midday Mass. A handful of others light candles. A woman makes her way down a long, narrow path on her knees. The expansive esplanade bounded by two massive ...

Crowds converged on a vast esplanade in front of an imposing white basilica devoted to the Virgin Mary, their faith and enthusiasm apparently undimmed by the scandals over sexually abusive priests ...

A crowd of people looking at ‘the Miracle of the Sun’, which happened in 1917 outside Fatima, Portugal. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons.) Listen MIDDLETOWN, New York — Auxiliary Bishop Dominick J.