The two young children, along with their cousin Lucia, witnessed apparitions of the Virgin Mary beginning on May 13, 1917. Above, the canonization Mass for Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto on May 13, ...

FATIMA, Portugal — The niece of Blesseds Franciso and Jacinta Marto has voiced excitement for the May 13 canonization of her relatives, sharing stories of the time of the Fatima apparitions and ...

The Martos, who died at 11 and 10 years old, will be the youngest non-martyrs to be declared saints. Shrine to Our Lady of Fatima, flanked by Francisco and Jacinta Marto, Church of St. Dominic, Lisbon ...

FATIMA, Portugal -- Pope Francis added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints Saturday, honoring young siblings whose reported visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago ...

FATIMA, Portugal – Three shepherd children in Portugal were jailed and threatened with being boiled alive in olive oil when they claimed the Virgin Mary appeared to them 100 years ago. The Catholic ...

Pope Francis canonized Francisco and his sister Jacinta together in 2017 during the centennial celebration of the Fatima apparitions. The three children of Fátima — from left to right: St. Jacinta ...

VATICAN CITY — On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian ...

The Holy Father gave a special greeting to the sick and suffering present in Fatima for the canonization of the newly proclaimed saints. The youngest non-martyr saints in the Catholic Church were ...