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Fatima is a town in central [[Portugal]], attracting thousands of pilgrims each year, honoring the [[Virgin Mary]]. The sanctuary of Fatima features a Neo-Baroque limestone basilica and an esplanade twice the size of St. Peter's Square in Rome<ref>Eyewitness travel guides: Portugal, first American edition. Ferdie McDonald (editor). page 184. DK Publishing. 1997.</ref>

'''Fatima''' is a town in central [[Portugal]], attracting thousands of pilgrims each year, honoring the [[Virgin Mary]]. The sanctuary of Fatima features a Neo-Baroque limestone basilica and an esplanade twice the size of St. Peter's Square in Rome<ref>Eyewitness travel guides: Portugal, first American edition. Ferdie McDonald (editor). page 184. DK Publishing. 1997.</ref>

In the spring of 1916, three shepherd children: Lucia dos Santos, age nine and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, ages eight and six, were tending their sheep on a patch of land called the Cabeco. While they were playing a game of pebbles, a strong wind moved through, revealing a transparent figure of a young man hovering over the olive trees. The young man said to them: "Do not be afraid. I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me."<ref>Our Lady Comes to Fatima. page 3. Leaflet Missal Company. 1987.</ref> The angel knelt on the ground and asked the children to repeat after him: "My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You. I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You." After repeating the prayer three times, he arose and before he departed, he told the children: "Pray thus. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications."<ref>ibid. page 4.</ref>

In the spring of 1916, three shepherd children: Lucia dos Santos, age nine and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, ages eight and six, were tending their sheep on a patch of land called the Cabeco. While they were playing a game of pebbles, a strong wind moved through, revealing a transparent figure of a young man hovering over the olive trees. The young man said to them: "Do not be afraid. I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me."<ref>Our Lady Comes to Fatima. page 3. Leaflet Missal Company. 1987.</ref> The angel knelt on the ground and asked the children to repeat after him: "My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You. I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You." After repeating the prayer three times, he arose and before he departed, he told the children: "Pray thus. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications."<ref>ibid. page 4.</ref>