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Portugal celebrates ‘venerable’ declaration for Fátima visionary, hopes her example inspires WYD pilgrims

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Portugal celebrates ‘venerable’ declaration for Fátima visionary, hopes her example inspires WYD pilgrims

July 8, 2023January 21, 2026

Catholics in Portugal hope World Youth Day in Lisbon Aug. 1-6 will help spread devotion to Sister Lucia dos Santos, who was one of the three little shepherd children who witnessed the apparitions of Mary in Fátima in 1917.Pope Francis declared the Carmelite sister "venerable" with a June 22 decree that recognized her heroic virtues,…...

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