A secret, divided in three parts (thus, known as the "three secrets") was entrusted by Our Lady to the three shepherds, and kept in writing by Sr. Lucia, who became a Carmelite nun. The first two ...
The primary building at the shrine is the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima, a gleaming Neoclassical church begun on May 13, 1928, and consecrated on October 7, 1953. Its slender central spire rises 65 ...