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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

FATIMA, Portugal — The niece of Blesseds Franciso and Jacinta Marto has voiced excitement for the May 13 canonization of her relatives, sharing stories of the time of the Fatima apparitions and ...

On Sunday Pope Francis reflected on the May 13 canonization of the child visionaries St. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, saying that their faithfulness, despite their young age, reminds us to pay special ...