“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” “As melhores e mais belas coisas da vida não podem ser vistas nem tocadas. Elas devem ser sentidas com o coração.” – Portugese proverb
What a welcome, Porto! Walking out of the metro station, first sight falls on the majestic Capela das Almas (Chapel of Souls) covered withe beautiful azulejos. The blue-white tiles depicts scenes from the lives of saints.
Fátima is a central Portuguese town, home to the Sanctuary of Fátima, a Catholic pilgrimage site. The Capelinha das Aparições (Chapel of the Apparitions) marks the spot where the Virgin Mary allegedly appeared in 1917. The three children — Lucia de Jesus dos Santos and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto –told skeptical elders that they had witnessed six apparitions of the Virgin between May 13, 1917, and Oct. 13, 1917, when Jacinta was 7, Francisco was 9 and Lúcia was 10, according to the Vatican. On the centenary of the first apparition Pope Francis canonized two children — the […]
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