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	Fátima, Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		IPA ['fatimɐ]) is a city in Portugal famous for the religious visions that are said to have taken place there in 1917.
		Fátima is a city of approximately 10,000 inhabitants located in the district of Santarém in central Portugal, 187 km south of Porto and 123 km north of Lisbon.
		Fátima's claim to fame is the shrine called the Sanctuary of Fátima, built to commemorate the events of 1917 when three peasant children claimed to have seen the "Virgin of the Rosary", Our Lady of Fatima.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fatima,_Portugal (335 words)

	Fatima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Located in west central Portugal, in the region of Leiria and approximately 110 kilometers north of Lisbon, the small town of Fatima is one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world today.
		The great fame of Fatima, with more than two million pilgrims arriving a year, is not, however, due to the dogma and support of the dictatorial church by rather due to the place that Fatima holds in the hearts and minds of the common people of Portugal, Spain, France and other countries.
		At Fatima, Mary is not generally approached as the idealized chaste Virgin but rather as a down to earth mother figure that understands, deeply loves, and offers assistance with the concerns of women and children.
	www.sacredsites.com /europe/portugal/fatima.htm (1884 words)

	Fatima
		During these many apparitions, the Virgin Mary announced, what is recognised today by the church as the 3 secrets of Fatima: the start of the second world war, the arrival of communist regimes and the last secret which was interpreted as the announcement on the assassination attempt against the Pope in May 1981.
		Sister Lucy, the last surviving seer of Fatima, passed from this life on February 14, 2005 at the age of 97 years.
		Fatima is now a world centre of well-known pilgrimages.
	www.fatima-direct.com /page3.htm (360 words)

	Fatima
		Fatima is a town in Portugal famous for the religious visions that are said to have taken place there in 1917.
		Fatima is a town (vila) of approximately 10,000 inhabitants located in the district of Santarém in central Portugal, 187 km south of Porto and 123 km north off Lisbon.
		Fatima's centerpiece is the shrine called the Sanctuary of Fatima, built to commemorate the events of 1917 when three peasant children claimed to have seen the "Virgin of the Rosary", Our Lady of Fatima.
	www.portugal.com /fatima/default.asp (381 words)

	Our Lady of Fatima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, in the Blue Army's Spanish magazine, Sol de Fatima, in the September 1985 issue, Sister Lúcia said that the ceremony did not fulfill the Virgin Mary's request, as there was no specific mention of Russia, and "many bishops attached no importance to it".
		As with other modern miracles, Catholics are not required to believe in a miraculous origin for the events at Fatima, however the events at Fatima were officially declared "worthy of belief" by the Catholic Church on 13 October 1930.
		Legend says that the name of the city derives from a Moorish princess from Alcácer do Sal named Fatima who, following her capture by Christian forces during the Moorish occupation of Portugal, was betrothed to the leader of those forces, Gonçalo Hermigues, converted to Catholicism, and was baptised before her marriage in 1158.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Our_Lady_of_Fatima (3113 words)

	Crusader 75 Page 8
		Fatima may not be an inter-religious Mecca today, but it has now been established that the Shrine, according to Fitzgerald, has "an inter-religious dimension" on which the unprecedented conference was part of "an ongoing reflection." Stay tuned for the "practical conclusions." They must think we are very gullible indeed.
		The naming of the village of Fatima is thus a testament, not to "inter-religious dialogue," but to the triumph of Christendom over the Muslim occupiers of Portugal (a process that required another century to complete).
		Where Fatima is concerned, Guerra and the Cardinal provide apt examples of the Party Line, according to which the Message of Fatima’s timeless Catholic verities are replaced with the empty slogans of the post-conciliar revolution.
	www.fatimacrusader.com /cr75/cr75pg08.asp (2265 words)

	The Apparitions at Fatima
		At this time Fatima was just a small village about seventy miles north of Lisbon; the three children to whom she appeared were Lucia dos Santos, aged ten, and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, brother and sister, aged eight and seven respectively.
		Her body was returned to Fatima and buried with that of Francisco, until both were later moved to the basilica built at the Cova da Iria.
		Fatima received further Papal support when, on 13 May 1979, the Pope declared Jacinta and Francisco "venerable," the first stage in the process of their possible canonisation.
	www.theotokos.org.uk /pages/approved/appariti/fatima.html (3265 words)

	Fatima Portugal
		Fatima, Portugal, a village in the litoral of the Beira region, was a poor, depressed rural area where the economy was one of mere survival.
		The first sanctuary which was erected in Fatima, Portugal after the marian apparitions was a chapel called Nossa Senhora (Our Lady), where a sculpted image of the Virgin was installed, according to the description of Lucia.
		This pitiful event was the third secret of Fatima had revealed to the young shepards, having taken place on May 13th.
	www.lisbon-and-portugal.com /costa-prata/fatima-portugal.html (648 words)

	Fatima, Portugal " Our Lady of Fatima "
		She came to the little village of Fatima which had remained faithful to the Catholic Church during the recent persecutions by the government.
		Our Lady of Fatima promised that the whole world would be in peace, and that many souls would go to Heaven if Her requests were listened to and obeyed.
		She told us that war is a punishment for sin; that God would punish the world for its sins in our time by means of war, hunger, persecution of the Church and persecution of the Holy Father, the Pope, unless we listened to and obeyed the command of God.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/apparitions/pr00011.htm (646 words)

	The Miracle Hunter : Marian Apparitions::Fatima
		She repeated her conviction that the vision of Fatima concerns above all the struggle of atheistic Communism against the Church and against Christians, and describes the terrible sufferings of the victims of the faith in the twentieth century.
		The work is called Os apelos da Mensagem de Fatima, and it gathers together in the style of catechesis and exhortation thoughts and reflections which express Sister Lucia's feelings and her clear and unaffected spirituality.
		The vision of Fatima concerns above all the war waged by atheistic systems against the Church and Christians, and it describes the immense suffering endured by the witnesses of the faith in the last century of the second millennium.
	www.miraclehunter.com /marian_apparitions/approved_apparitions/fatima/index.html (1947 words)

	Father Pat's Place : : : Fátima
		Fátima is a small town in Portugal associated with one of the most important Marian shrines.
		Fatima does not satisfy our curiosity in this way, just as Christian faith in general cannot be reduced to an object of mere curiosity.
		What remains was already evident when we began our reflections on the text of the 'secret': the exhortation to prayer as the path of 'salvation for souls' and, likewise, the summons to penance and conversion.
	frpat.com /fatima.htm (2894 words)

	Fatima Sanctuary - Fatima, Central Portugal - Tourism Information and guide
		Lúcia de Jesus - The principal seer of the Apparitions, she was born on 22 March 1907, in Aljustrel, in the parish of Fatima.
		On 12 September 1935 her body was solemnly translated from the family tomb of the Baron of Alvaiazere in Ourém, to the Fatima cemetery, and placed beside the mortal remains of her brother Francisco.
		On 15 February 1988, the final documentation, which could lead to the Holy Father proclaiming "blessed" the two little seers of Fatima, was given to the Holy Father, John Paul 11, and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
	www.portugalvirtual.pt /_tourism/costadeprata/fatima/ukhistory.html (845 words)

	Fatima Portugal - IndigoGuide Fatima
		Fatima (Fátima) is Portugal's answer to Lourdes and it is an important destination for pilgrimages.
		Still, by October, Fatima in Portugal was the recipient of 70,000 pilgrims who witnessed the Miracle of the Sun, claiming that the beams of multicoloured light shot down from the sky and cured blindness and other terminal illnesses.
		What used to be the small, inconsequential town of Fatima is now home to a gigantic Basilica, capable of holding a million worshippers inside and on the esplanade, which is larger than the piazza at St Peter's in Rome.
	www.indigoguide.com /portugal/fatima.htm (492 words)

	Fatima Sanctuary - Fatima, Central Portugal - Tourism Information and guide
		Begun in 1928 and consecrated on 7 October 1953, its 15 altars are dedicated to the 15 mysteries of the Rosary.
		The Bishop of the diocese is shown kneeling on the left side, and the figures of Pope Pius XII (who consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1942, and whose Legate crowned the Statue of Our Lady in 1946), of Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI.
		Inaugurated on 13 May 1982, by Pope John Paul 11, as a center for study and reflection on the Message of Fatima, and of the problems of the modern world, in the light of the Gospel.
	www.portugalvirtual.pt /_tourism/costadeprata/fatima (980 words)

	The Message of Fatima
		This too is the message of Fatima which, with its urgent call to conversion and penance, draws us to the heart of the Gospel.
		It is clear that in the visions of Lourdes, Fatima and other places it is not a question of normal exterior perception of the senses: the images and forms which are seen are not located spatially, as is the case for example with a tree or a house.
		This is perfectly obvious, for instance, as regards the vision of hell (described in the first part of the Fatima “secret”) or even the vision described in the third part of the “secret”.
	www.vatican.va /roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html (8947 words)

	Ireland Portugal & Fatima
		Portugal's ambassador to the Vatican, Pedro Ribeiro de Menezes, told the Lusa News Agency that Lisbon was ready to begin negotiations.
		The first and last revision of the concordat, which was agreed under Portugal's former rightist Salazar dictatorship, took place shortly after the country's 1974 democracy-restoring "Carnation Revolution" to permit couples wed in Catholic ceremonies to seek civil divorces.
		May 17/03 - The Portugal News is in possession of a copy of the script of “The Keys to God’s Bank” produced by the American based Vatican Investigators Inc. It alleges that a Slovakian Catholic bishop with close links to the Vatican is the mastermind behind the operation.
	www.exorthodoxforchrist.com /ireland_portugal_&_fatima.htm (1909 words)

	Fatima Prophecies - Crystalinks
		Investigations into the Fatima event have proved that the miracle of October 13, 1917 was seen over an area of 32 miles by 20.
		As you know, the purpose of his visit to Fatima has been to beatify the two "little shepherds." Nevertheless, he also wishes his pilgrimage to be a renewed gesture of gratitude to Our Lady for her protection during these years of his papacy.
		Fatima, like the rest of Portugal, also had fascist links during World War II, when Portugal was neutral under the right-wing dictatorship of António Salazar but traded with the Nazi regime.
	www.crystalinks.com /fatima.html (4164 words)

	Shrine of Fatima is spiritual heart of Portugal
		Fatima is at the heart of Portugal, both its geography and its spirituality.
		But Fatima is not the only jewel Portugal offers to tourists, whether it’s cosmopolitan, modern cities like Lisbon, or scenic seaside fishing villages like Nazaré, or medieval walled cities like Óbidos, or centuries-old monasteries like the one at Batalha.
		Pilgrims to the Shrine of Fatima participate in a candlelight procession, singing, as they follow a statue of Our Lady of Fatima that is carried around the esplanade before it is returned to the Apparition Chapel.
	www.dioceseofnashville.com /article_fatima.htm (3635 words)

	Portugal Fatima Nazare Obidos
		We have never stayed at the Pousada but the last time that we were in Óbidos we stayed at the Estalagem do Convento which was very nice and is located just outside the walls of the town.
		If you wish information from a licensed estate agent please contact Fatima Figueiredo at her e-mail address or visit her web site Cenario Atlantico for information on properties that are available.
		A guided visit to the historical monuments in Fatima and the beatification of Jacinta and Francisco by pope John Paul II on the 13 of May 2000 in Fatima.
	www.discoverportugal2day.com /travel03.htm (2282 words)

	Apparitions of Mary: Fatima, Portuagl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		May 13, 1982: Pope John Paul II, in a visit to Fatima to thank Mary for saving his life, stated that the 'message of Fatima is still more relevant than it was sixty-five years ago.
		Fatima is the key Marian apparition of the Twentieth Century.
		Pope Pius XII noted that the message of Fatima is one of the greatest interventions of God through Mary in world history since the death of the Apostles.
	www.apparitions.org /fatima.html (563 words)

	Fatima, Portugal " Our Lady of Fatima "
		In all Her appearances at Fatima, the Blessed Mother repeatedly emphasized the necessity of praying the Rosary daily, of wearing the Brown Scapular of Mount Carmel and of performing acts of reparation and sacrifice.
		The following year, while in Fatima to give thanks for Her intervention, the Pope stated that "the message of Fatima is more relevant and more urgent" today than even when Our Lady first appeared.
		Belief in the Fatima apparations and Our Lady's full Message are now widely synonymous with an orthodox adherence to the doctrines, rites and traditional practices and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/apparitions/http:/pr00011.htm (1006 words)

	Fatima Shrine in Russia
		The statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary which is a focus of devotion in the Russian Fatima Shrine was blessed by the Bishop of Fatima in Portugal, then taken to Sister Lucia in her Carmelite Monastery where she venerated it, standing by it during the Sacrifice of the Mass.
		The Fatima Shrine in Russia is located 1/2 block from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, which the Communists had seized for decades and used as headquarters to spread atheism throughout Russia and the Soviet Union.
		Russia’s Fatima Shrine is within a three minute walk to the Czar’s Winter Palace where the Revolution for world domination by Communism began with the storming of the Palace in 1917.
	www.fatimafamily.org /rushrine.html (468 words)

	Our Lady of Fatima: Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima
		The three young visionaries of Fatima were tending to their sheep when, in 1916, the so-called "Angel of Peace" appeared to them.
		The village of Fatima was given the Islamic name of well-loved Princess Fatima who lived in a nearby castle.
		She had reportedly echoed John Paul the Second in saying that Medjugorje is the continuation of Fatima.
	www.medjugorje-online.com /apparitions/fatima.php (2635 words)

	Acute prophecy of Fatima
		Fox from USA is asked to represent at Fatima the Fatima Family Apostolate in speaking to delegates from many countries.
		Subsequently he authorized the Fatima Family Apostolate to raise funds for this and the priest director agrees with the Archbishop that the Shrine should be located at St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, once known as the heart and Mother Church of Catholicism in Russia.
		Graphic Fatima art, developed with the assistance of Sister Lucia and approved by her to demonstrate the message of Fatima, appears on many of the programs.
	www.excerptsofinri.com /fatima.html (4450 words)

	Fatima, Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Three windows brighten this lovely sitting room about 22qm in size with sunlight in the morning and afternoon, adjacent is the dining room with approx.
		Stairs to the upper floor are are made of native Fatima Stone and well lighted with a window at the first landing..
		Fatima is only 30 minutes from the beach in Nazare and for winter sports the Sierra de Estrella, as well as the local sites of historic interest.
	realestateol.com /photoads/335.htm (393 words)

	Prophecies and Warnings of Fatima (Morgana's Observatory)
		Fatima is a village in the center of Portugal about 70 miles north of Lisbon.
		It was there in 1915 that three humble peasant children began having a series of apparitions of angels and, later, the "Virgin Mary." The children were: Lucia Santos and her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
		He traveled to Fatima in 2000 to beatify Francisco and Jacinta, and steps are expected to be taken to beatify Sister Lucia as well.
	www.dreamscape.com /morgana/janus.htm (2888 words)

	The Story of Fatima (I)
		Coming at a time when civilization was torn assunder by war and bloody violence, She promised that Heaven would grant peace to all the world if Her requests for prayer, reparation and consecration were heard and obeyed.
		Our Lady of Fatima explained to the children that war is a punishment for sin and warned that God would further castigate the world for its disobedience to His Will by means of war, hunger and the persecution of the Church, the Holy Father and the Catholic Faithful.
		Most informed sources speculate that this portion of the Secret concerns chaos in the Catholic Church, predicting widespread apostasy and a loss of faith beginning in the seventh decade of the 20th century.
	www.fatima.org /essentials/facts/story1.asp (530 words)

	The Third Secret
		Three secrets were said to have been given by the Virgin Mary to three children in a series of visions as they tended sheep near Fatima, Portugal, in 1917.
		For traditionalist Catholics, it is exciting that the Vatican is using the language of mystery and miracle in the era of the liberal, collaborative Church that followed the reforming Second Vatican Council in the 1960s.
		The Pope glimpsed a poster of Our Lady of Fatima in the crowd and was convinced that she had saved him.
	www.fortunecity.com /emachines/e11/86/fatima.html (1734 words)

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