People join together to light a candle and pray at the annual vigil event in Fátima, Portugal on May 12.

The Sanctuary of Fátima annually welcomes hundred of thousands of pilgrims and tourists. Many come to participate in the celebrations that commemorate the apparitions of Our Lady to the three witness of Fátima.

Fátima is one of the most important religious pilgrimage sites in the world.

Pilgrims travel to Fátima year-round but the 13th of the months of May to October are the days that celebrate the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria (a valley) in the parish of Fátima in 1917.

This footage was filmed and produced 13 May 2022.

People join together to light a candle and pray at the annual vigil event on Thursday 12 May in Fatima, Portugal. The Sanctuary of Fátima annually welcomes hundred of thousands of pilgrims and tourists. Many come to participate in the celebrations that commemorate the apparitions of Our Lady to the three witness of Fátima.

Fatima is one of the most important religious pilgrimage sites in the world. Pilgrims travel to Fatima year round but the 13th of the months of May to October are the days that celebrate the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria (a valley) in the parish of Fatima in 1917.