We laud magnificent Catholic churches of old, yet often mourn the barely attended Masses. But a spring pilgrimage my husband and I made to Spain and Portugal, revealed a Church still very much alive.

Pope Francis is undertaking a very different kind of papal trip at the end of this week. Unlike many of the other visits of his pontificate, he is not expected to focus on interreligious dialogue or ...

Shrine of Fatima in Portugal packed for first pilgrimage after Pope Francis' death Over 270,000 pilgrims joined the candlelight procession at the Fatima Shrine on 13 May, marking the first major ...

The familiar story of this rural part of Portugal dates to May 13, 1917, when three shepherd children were tending their flock in the Cova da Iria parish of Fatima, near the town of Vila Nova de Ourem ...

The annual pilgrimage – in the presence of His Holiness Pope Francis this year to mark the centenary – stems from an event in 1917 when three children witnessed a miraculous vision of the Virgin Mar ...

Thousands of pilgrims gathered at Portugal’s Fatima Shrine over the weekend to take part in the candlelight and farewell processions marking the traditional October pilgrimage. The International ...

Case Studies; A complete renovation of the outdoor sound system at a religious pilgrimage site in Portugal had to deliver ...

Pope Francis delivers the Regina Coeli noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will travel to Portugal for World ...

Carlos Gil is a "payer-off of promises," at least that is the way the Roman Catholic refers to himself, but he is more commonly known as a "rent-a-pilgrim". The 52-year-old Portuguese national takes ...