fatima News

Ninety-four years ago today, three Portuguese children were contemplating the apparition they’d experienced. Those children – and the village of Fatima – offered the world hope through the Virgin Mary’s call to prayer, penance and conversion.

On the eve of the 94th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, Fr. Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R., one of the world’s leading experts on Fatima, analyzes this event in the life of the Catholic Church in Fatima for Today from Ignatius Press.

International human rights organization Equality Now welcomes the decision to overturn a forced divorce ruling in the case of Fatima and Mansour, in Saudi Arabia. After 4 years of separation, the family was finally reunited on Feb 17, 2010.

A special tele-press conference in conjunction with the DVD release of The 13th Day. This is an opportunity for the press to ask questions of the filmmakers and actors in The 13th Day as well as Ignatius Press, the North American distributors.

Organizations that participate in the Advance Screening Program purchase a one-year license, allowing them to show The 13th Day as often as they want over a year.

Ignatius Press is the North American distributor of The 13th Day. In cooperation with Catholic Dioceses and organizations, Ignatius will host pre-release screenings to Catholic leadership on October 13, the anniversary of the final apparition.

At noon on Saturday, more than 2,500 public rosary rallies will take place across America to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Marian apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima in Portugal.

Nigel Watson reviews the evidence for the Fatima visions and secrets that were seen by three shepherd children 90 years ago.