In the spring of 1916, as World War I raged across Europe and on the eve of Soviet Communism, three children from Fátima, 90 miles north of Lisbon, were watching over the family sheep. The children ...

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 ...

I've often wondered why Jacinta and Francisco, the young shepherd children who witnessed Our Lady’s apparitions at Fatima, were always so sullen in photos. I mean, they got to meet Jesus’ Mother ...

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 great influenza epidemic of 1918 stretched into the following year, bringing very harsh times for hundreds of millions around the world. Two of its victims, a brother and sister, became the two ...

Pope Francis on Saturday officially declared Francisco and Jacinta Marto saints of the Catholic Church in front of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at Fatima, Portugal – teaching us that even young ...

What does a little 9-year-old girl who died a century ago have to teach us today? So much, in the case of Jacinta Marto. She is the youngest, non-martyred canonized saint. Feb. 20, 2020, marks 100 ...

Every Feb. 20, the Catholic Church celebrates Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the little shepherd seers of Fatima. Both were born in Aljustrel, a small village located a little more than a ...

History was made at the shrine of Fatima at 10:30 a.m. on May 13 when Pope Francis declared that Francisco Marto and his sister Jacinta are saints. Francisco and Jacinta are the first child saints who ...

Many fascinating Fatima-related facts are part of the 100-year-old Marian devotion. Recently, the Register looked at 12. Here are another nine facts: 1. Servant of God Lucia dos Santos transferred ...

When I first met my husband Mike, he owned a little Toyota. Because the car was “Blessed Mother blue,” Mike had named it Jacinta after St. Jacinta Marto of Fatima. It was Jacinta that Mike drove ...