On June 13, 1917 at Fátima, Portugal, Our Lady told Lúcia that she was to remain on the earth for two specific purposes: (1) she was to make Mary known and loved, and (2) Jesus wanted to establish in ...

Since then devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, has gradually grown more widespread in the Church, particularly since the apparitions at Fatima. The main difference between the devotions to ...

As the Catholic Church commemorates Mary’s assent to conceive and give birth to Jesus, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to her Immaculate Heart. He has asked all the world’s ...

The high altar painting depicts the Message of Our Lady of Fatima to the three children ... XII (who consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1942), Pope John XXIII and Pope ...

The convention, organized by the World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF) Philippines, also marked the launching of the Pilgrim Image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Pontevedra. The image will travel ...

In 1942, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Fatima, Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. That same year, he assigned the feast day to August 22, the octave of the ...