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270,000 Pilgrims Celebrate Fatima’s First Apparition Anniversary

5/12/2026

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About 270,000 pilgrims visited the Fatima shrine on 13 May 2025, marking the first apparition anniversary.
The 1917 visions of three Portuguese children sparked a devotion that the Vatican sanctioned in 1930.
Pope John Paul II credited the Fatima apparition after surviving the 1981 shooting, prompting the Vatican to release the third secret describing that event in 2000.

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About 270,000 pilgrims visited the Fatima shrine on 13 May 2025, marking the first apparition anniversary.
The 1917 visions of three Portuguese children sparked a devotion that the Vatican sanctioned in 1930.
Pope John Paul II credited the Fatima apparition after surviving the 1981 shooting, prompting the Vatican to release the third secret describing that event in 2000.