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Code: ZE01101508

Date: 2001-10-15

150,000 Pilgrims in Fatima for Anniversary of 3rd Apparition

 FATIMA, Portugal, OCT. 15, 2001 (Zenit.org).- More than 150,000 
pilgrims
gathered in Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the third apparition 
of
the Blessed Virgin Mary to the three little shepherds.

The pilgrimage Saturday was free of incidents. Levy Correia, the local
superintendent, said that police had implemented preventive measures
following the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

The number of pilgrims was higher this year than in previous years, as 
the
anniversary coincided with a weekend, and the pilgrims did not seem 
overly
preoccupied by a possible reprisal, in the wake of the U.S. attacks on
Afghanistan.

The Fatima apparitions took place in 1917. Millions of visitors come 
every
year to commemorate those events. John Paul II visited Fatima last year 
on
May 13 to beatify two of the children, who died shortly after the
apparitions.

Not long after the Pope s visit to Fatima, and at the Pope s request, 
the
Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith revealed the content 
of
the revelations received by Sister Lucia, the last surviving visionary.

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