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The Pope in Fatima

May 18, 2017
Pope Francis accepts offertory gifts during the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three Fatima seers, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal May 13. The Mass marked the 100th anniversary of the Fatima Marian apparitions, which began on May 13, 1917. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
The statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried in procession at the start of a vigil Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal May 12. Pope Francis was making a two-day visit to Fatima to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions and to canonize two of the young seers. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis embraces a boy as family members present offertory gifts during the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three Fatima seers, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal May 13. The Mass marked the 100th anniversary of the Fatima Marian apparitions, which began on May 13, 1917. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis blesses the sick with the Eucharist at the conclusion of the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three Fatima seers, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal May 13. The Mass marked the 100th anniversary of the Fatima Marian apparitions, which began on May 13, 1917. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis prays at the tomb of Fatima seer Francisco Marto before celebrating the canonization Mass for him and his sister, Jacinta Marto, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 13. Below, Pope Francis greets a girl after arriving May 12 at Monte Real air base in Leiria, Portugal.  (CNSphoto/ Paulo Cunha, pool via Reuters)