Article: From Salamanca to Lisbon.(Travel)

It was Our Lady of Fatima who came into my mind when I read the news about former President Cory Aquino’s deteriorating health condition. This year marked the 92nd year anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima to three Portuguese children in 1917.The Basílica of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal attracts about four million visitors every year drawing more pilgrims on May 13 and October 13 to commemorate the first and last of the six apparitions.Critics thrive despite these statistics. Skeptics claim the “dancing of the sun,” which was supposedly witnessed by 70,000 people were used by the church to counter the twin threats of ...

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