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Fātima was originally an Arabic name, meaning "She who weans", being a title of a single proven living girl of Prophet Muhammad; fallowing the advent of Islam it became a most common Muslim name for women. These are besides utilized (when shortened to Ma (馬)) as a most common cognomen for Chinese Muslims. These are periodically utilized by Catholics in connection with the important twentieth-century apparition of the Virgin Mary in the town of Fátima in Portugal.

A title might diversely refer to: Fatima Zahra, daughter of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam; Fatemeh, a transliteration of the Persian pronunciation of the Arab name a town of Fátima in Portugal Our Lady of Fatima, a Catholic Church-approved apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fátima, Portugal in 1917 Fatima Jinnah (1893 - 1967) was the sister of Pakistan's 1st governor-general, Muhammed Ali Jinnah.

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Fatima, Portugal: EWTN
Extensive and graphics-intensive site on the apparitions at Fatima.

Fatima, Portugal: The Fatima Network
Provides information about the apparitions of Our Lady to three children in Fatima, Portugal in the early 20th Century. These apparitions are approved by the Church.

Fatima, Portugal: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Vatican's official word on Fatima: includes a facsimile of the original text for the third part of the Secret of Fatima.

Must Catholics Believe in Fatima?
Rev. Eamon R. Carroll's piece about Fatima in particular, and private revelations in general; from Our Lady's Digest.

The Apparitions of Mary at Fatima
A page about the apparitions, at MonksofAdoration.org; article by Brother John Raymond.

International Pilgrim Virgin Statue
This is the World famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue. We are the official web site for the Weeping Madonna. She has been traveling the Globe constantly since the 1940's

Our Lady of Fatima
The prophecies at Fatima, from Traditional Catholic Information.

Fátima
The site at Fatima, Portugal, where the apparitions occurred.

The Third Secret
Article by Charles M. Mangan in the September/October 2000 issue of Catholic Faith.

The Fatima Song - La Canción de Fatima
Lyrics to a song based on the apparitions at Fatima.


Regional: Europe: Portugal: Districts: Santarém: Fatima






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