Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora do Rosário da Fátima) is one of the best-known Marian apparitions in the world.

Influence of the apparitions

Although it has been used previously, Fátima has become a more common name for Portuguese females. The name of the city derives from a local Muslim princess named Fatima who, following her capture by Christian forces during the Moorish occupation of Portugal, was betrothed to the Count of Ourem, converted to Catholicism, and was baptised before marrying the Count in 1158. Her baptismal name was Oureana.

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Muslim - Fatima

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Our Lady Fatima Parish is one of the divisions of mainland Macau, a former Portuguese colony, now part of a special administration region of China.

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Our Lady Fatima Parish - Macau - China

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Many Portuguese use a figure of Our Lady of Fatima as an amulet.

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Conservative Catholics take the anti-Communist character of Mary's reported messages very much to heart. The Blue Army of Our Lady is made up of Catholics and non-Catholics who dedicate themselves to daily prayer (specifically, of the Rosary) for world peace and an end to tyranny and leftist dictatorships. In 1952, a fact-based feature film, The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima, was released.

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Communist - Blue Army of Our Lady - Rosary - Leftist - The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima

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