13-05-2017 12:05

Pope Francis makes Fatima child shepherds saints

Fátima (Portugal) (AFP) - Two young shepherds who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima, a Portuguese site now a global draw for pilgrims, were declared saints Saturday by Pope Francis.Catholic faithful from all over the world cheered, filling a giant, 400,000-capacity, esplanade that faces the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, some of them crying -- with many more watching the canonisation from adjacent streets on giant screens."We declare the blissful Francisco Marto and
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