Deepertruth with special permission and aid with Franiciscan Media, a great team for the Lord In the spring of 1916, as World War I raged across Europe and on the eve of Soviet Communism, three children from Fátima, 90 miles north of Lisbon, were watching over the family sheep. The children were 7-year-old Jacinta Marto, her 8-year-old brother Francisco and their 9-year-old cousin Lúcia dos Santos. A strong wind shook some nearby trees, and above them a white light appeared.

Saint Francisco Marto (1908–1919) was a Portuguese shepherd child who, with his sister Jacinta and cousin Lúcia dos Santos, witnessed the Marian apparitions in Fatima in 1917. Known for his contemplative, gentle nature, he dedicated his short life to prayer, penance, and consoling the "Hidden Jesus" following the apparitions Born on June 11, 1908, in Aljustrel, Fatima; died on April 4, 1919, at age 10 from the influenza epidemic. He was 8 years old when he first saw the Ang

Born in Portugal in 1910, Jacinta was the youngest of the three visionaries at Fatima. Jacinta Marto , specifically, is known as a young shepherd girl who, through her intense piety and dedication to prayer, moved heaven, later being canonized as a saint along with her brother Francisco. Jacinta (7) Marto , along with their cousin Lucia dos Santos (10), witnessed apparitions of the Virgin Mary while tending sheep in Fátima. Jacinta Marto, in particular, was deeply moved by th

This interview was done by a Mexican priest called Fr. Augustín Fuentes who was vice-postulator of the cause of beatification for Francisco and Jacinta. A reader recently noted that the interview Sister Lucy gave to Fr. Augustin Fuentes in 1957, is always partially reported, and asked TIA if we could post the full text. To assist in this request we are now posting the most complete text available of the 1957 interview with our own translation from the original Spanish. Fr. Au