Our Lady and our pope

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A prayerful Pope Francis reverences Our Lady of Fatima. ©Patricia De Melo Moreira /AFP 9/14

Aleteia Image Department - published on 10/15/17

Photo of the Day: October 15, 2017Pope Francis touches a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during the Blessing of the Candles from the Chapel of the Apparitions, in Fatima on May 12, 2017.

Two of the three child shepherds who reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, a century ago were declared saints on May 13, 2017, by Pope Francis.

Photo by Patricia De Melo Moreria for AFP

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