VATICAN CITY – When Pope Francis travels to the Portuguese town of Fatima this weekend, he will be lending his blessing to a religious phenomenon that has captivated Catholics for a century: It ...

Catholic pilgrims have hailed a new "Miracle at Fatima" as Pope Benedict XVI blasted the sex abuse which has plagued the Catholic Church as "truly terrifying." Surrounded by thousands of faithful, he ...

Pope Francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, thus paving the way for their canonization.

According to legend, the Fatima "seers" had predicted that the Virgin would perform a miracle that day, and tens of thousands of people flocked to Fatima and saw what witnesses reported was a vision ...