(OSV News) -- While conversion and prayer are at the heart of Mary's messages at Fatima, Portugal, the miracles and unexplained phenomenon that accompanied the events 106 years ago continue to intrigue believers and nonbelievers alike.
With the newly granted title of 'venerable,' the canonization cause for Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, the longest-living Fatima visionary who died in 2005, has moved forward, renewing interest in the apparitions' history. However, Mary's apparitions in 1917