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Photos: Thousands pray for end to pandemic in Portugal’s Fatima shrine

Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered at the Fatima Sanctuary in Portugal to mark the 104th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary on May 13

Reuters

May 14, 2021

Pilgrims attend the 104th anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin Mary at the Catholic shrine of Fatima — The statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried during the 104th anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children at the Catholic shrine of Fatima, Portugal, May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

About 7,500 Catholic faithful gathered at a massive outdoor venue on Wednesday evening, May 12, at the Fatima Sanctuary in Portugal to mark the 104th anniversary of the first of three reported visions of the Virgin Mary, also known as Our Lady.

The Catholic Church teaches the Virgin Mary appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917 in Fatima, which was then an impoverished farming village. Pope Francis made two of the shepherd children saints in 2017.

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