Pope Francis announced Tuesday that he will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, fulfilling a 1917 vision purportedly revealed to Portuguese children that such a blessing ...

A special statue of Our Lady of Fatima has arrived in Ukraine, ahead of Pope Francis’ consecration of the country and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. “The Center of the Shrine of Fatima ...

The first mention of the consecration of Russia was part of the secret the Mother of Jesus revealed to the three shepherd children on July 13, 1917. At that time, she foretold terrible suffering for ...

GULF COAST (WKRG) — Pope Francis will hold a Worldwide Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Friday, March 25, the Catholic solemnity of the Annunciation, at 11 a.m.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine in a ceremony Friday that harked back to a century-old apocalyptic prophecy about peace and Russia that was sparked by purported visions of the ...

Pope John Paul II kneels in front of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima as he entrusts “all men and women and all peoples to the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in this ...

On March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of Mary, many of the world’s Catholic Christians gathered in their respective places to pray for Russia and Ukraine, specifically for the consecration of ...

Pope Francis uses incense as he venerates a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three Fatima seers, at the Shrine of Our Lady of ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a penitential prayer service in St. Peter's Basilica March 25, the Vatican said. On the same day, ...

The 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council is not the only notable anniversary currently being celebrated by the Church. Almost to the day 80 years ago, on Oct. 31, 1942, Pope ...

During an Aug. 5 visit to one of the Catholic Church's most storied Marian shrines — a place where for over a century spirituality and geopolitics have been elaborately intertwined — Pope Francis ...

A special statue of Our Lady of Fatima has arrived in Ukraine, ahead of Pope Francis’ consecration of the country and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. “The Center of the Shrine of Fatima ...