Fr. Federico Lombardi, the spokesman for the Vatican, said it was not a surprise that hundreds of thousands of people were in Fatima for Pope Benedict's Mass at Fatima yesterday. He recognized a ...

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 ...

FATIMA, Portugal -- Tens of thousands of pilgrims flooded the famous shrine town of Fatima on Thursday for Pope Benedict XVI's Mass celebrating the anniversary of the day when three shepherd children ...

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 ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

MICHIGAN CENTER, MI — Four standing ovations are not the norm at a church service. The ovations at Sunday morning’s Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church signified a culmination in perseverance.

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 ...

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.