May 14, 2017

Believers in Portugal and all over the world marked the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to shepherd children in Fatima. Pope Francis celebrated the canonization of two of the children.

: The statue of the Virgin Mary is carried by faithful before the start of a Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima Saturday, May 13, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

: Men carry a statue of Our Lady Of Fatima during a procession before the ceremony of canonization at the Sanctuary of Fatima in Portugal. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

: Pilgrims and faithful wait for the start of the Mass where Pope Francis canonized Jacinta and Francisco Marto at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)

: Pope Francis, left, and Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations Guido Marini wave white handkerchiefs as the statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried at the end of the canonization Mass. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

: Lucas Baptista, center, attends a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal. Lucas’ medically inexplicable healing was the miracle needed for the Marto siblings to be declared saints. The boy had fallen 21 feet from a window in 2013 and suffered such severe head trauma that his doctors said he would be severely mentally disabled or in a vegetative state if he survived. The boy survived and has no signs of after-effects. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

: The pictures of Jacinta, left, and Francisco Marto, hang on the facade of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

: Worshipers kneel in prayer during a Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima where Pope Francis canonized Jacinta and Francisco Marto in Fatima, Portugal. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)

: Pope Francis leaves at the end of a Mass where he canonized shepherd children Jacinta and Francisco Marto at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima May 13, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. (Paulo Novais/Pool Photo via AP)

: A statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried to the Chapel of Apparitions after a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis at Fatima shrine, in Portugal. (FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pope Francis waves to faithful as he bids farewell after his visit to Fatima shrine, in Portugal. (FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images)

: This handout photo taken on May 13, 2017 shows Pope Francis praying in front of the grave of two of the three shepherd children at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal. The young shepherds, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima. (Photo released by the Vatican press office, the Osservatore Romano)

: In Brazil, the statue of Our Lady of Fatima is carried by Brazilian Navy personnel past a poster of the child shepherds who reported the apparition of the Virgin Mary. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

: A portrait of child shepherd Francisco Marto is carried during a centenary Mass in Brazil marking the apparition of the Virgin Mary. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

: A portrait of child shepherd Jacinta Marto is carried during a centenary Mass in Brazil marking the apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fatima. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Portraits of child shepherds Jacinta (R) and Francisco Marto are set on chairs in the Chapel of the Apparitions before the centenary Mass in Brazil marking the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima.

: Worshipers in Brazil pray during the centenary Mass marking the apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fatima. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pilgrims in Colombia pray during the celebration of the centenary of the appearance of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal. (LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

: In Brazil, the statue of Our Lady of Fatima is placed during the centenary Mass marking the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

: Believers reach out to touch a statue of Our Lady of Fatima after a Mass in her honor at the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Pilgrims celebrate 100th anniversary of Fatima apparitions

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