Fátima - Miracle of Fátima

On May 13, 1917, and again on the 13th of each subsequent month until October in that year, the "Virgin of the Rosary" is said to have appeared to the three peasant children, Lúcia de Jesús and Francisco and Jacinta Marto. At first skeptical about these visions, on the last appearance, October 13, 1917, the Church saw over 70,000 people making the pilgrimage to Fátima where they are supposed to have witnessed not only the appearance of the Virgin but also an amazing natural phenomenon. In the pouring rain the sun suddenly began to revolve on its axis and throw out multicolored rays of light. There were also a number of miraculous cures in the days that followed. The Church authorities investigated the incidents for several years before