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 ...

FATIMA, Portugal -- Pope Francis added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints Saturday, honoring young siblings whose reported visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago ...

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 ...

The Holy Father gave a special greeting to the sick and suffering present in Fatima for the canonization of the newly proclaimed saints. The youngest non-martyr saints in the Catholic Church were ...

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 ...

The EFE news agency is reporting that the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima has sent the final documents for the canonization of Jacinta and Francisco Marto to the Vatican. “I can confirm that the so-called ...

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 ...

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 two young children, along with their cousin Lucia, witnessed apparitions of the Virgin Mary beginning on May 13, 1917. Above, the canonization Mass for Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto on May 13, ...

At Mass on the solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima for the centenary of the apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima today, Pope Francis proclaimed Blessed Jacinta and Francisco ...

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 ...