Fátima - The Santuary Tour/Holy Place visiting our Lady Fatima, Portugal Europe by NL Travel Vlog

The Santuary of Fatima is known worldwide for the apparition and miracles history to a religious event in 1917, when 3 little shepherds name Jacinta, Lucia and Francisco witnessed the apparition of Virgin Mary. Apparition that was repeated several times. According to the 3 little shepherds, a beautiful woman dressed in white and enveloped in a light whiter than the sun descending on a bush, asked them to pray for peace in the world and to pray above all the rosary, being also known as Lady of the Rosary. During these apparitions, the Virgin Mary revealed messages, known as “the secret of Fatima”, which was kept private until 1940. Popular belief and the Church's acceptance of this event was not easy at first, it was only in 1930 that the diocese of Fatima recognized the apparitions as a fact worthy of the miracle. Since then, Fátima has become one of the most popular pilgrimage sites for Catholics around the world, receiving between 6 to 8 million of Pilgrims yearly.