9 things to know and share about Fátima

9 things to know and share about Fátima

Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fátima. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA National Catholic Register, May 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). May 13 is the optional memorial of Our Lady of Fátima, arguably the most prominent approved apparition of the 20th century. It became famous the world over, particularly for its three-part “secret.”Here are nine things to know about this Marian apparition.1. …

It was on the seventh morning of this Tuesday, May 13, when the people of the Pacific took out from their chapel in the Santa Iglesia Catedral Metropolitana de San Juan Bautista the small image of the Blessed Virgin of Fatima that receives so much devotion and so much worship every day of the year. Numerous devotees, members of the brotherhoods of the city, older brothers, association of "San José" costaleros, all wanted to share this moment tha…

The celebration is from the pilgrimage on 12 and 13 May, 108 years after the events in the Iria Cova began with the quote of having it, in the Chapelinha das Apari is, following the procession of the candles and the Celebra or of the Word, in the vicinity of the holy river, ending with the procession or of the Adeus.

Thousands of faithful were present this Wednesday in Fatima to celebrate 13 May and participate in the procession of the adeus. Despite the rain, there were many faithful who filled the recent Cova of Iria.

Marta Sobral, a SIC journalist who is located in the area, reports that there are many people who do not hide the emotion during the procession preceding May 13th. Thousands of lights lit the sanctuary, where the image of Our Lady of Fatima goes.

Thousands of faithful will take part in the candlelight procession at the Sanctuary of Fátima tonight. The international pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Fátima in May, the first since the death of Pope Francis and the election of Leo XIV, events that are expected to mark the celebrations, began today, presided over by Brazilian Cardinal Jaime Spengler. Jaime Spengler, Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre, president of the National Conference…