On 13 May 1917, three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal received an apparition from the Blessed Virgin Mary in which she appeared brighter than the sun. Over the course of the next six months, She made six further appearances over the next six months in which She instructed the children to perform acts of penance and selfless acts to save the souls of sinners. She also revealed three secrets to the children, which were revealed to the world over time. Also, Fátima itself became a place of pilgrimage, which it remains to this very day.
Fifty years after the apparitions, the Portugese postal service released a set of fiftieth-anniversary commemoratives of the Fátima apparitions. These commemoratives depict images of Mary, her Acension into Heaven, the Sanctuary of Fátima, and in the stamp above, the doves of the Holy Spirit bringing the crown of Mary upon the Capela Das Aparições ("Chapel of Apparitions") at Fátima.
Link:
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Fátima
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