PORTUGAL: RECORD NUMBERS OF PILGRIMS ATTEND THE SHRINE OF FATIMA ON ANNIVERSARY OF VISION OF VIRGIN MARY

Record ID: 646754

  • Title: PORTUGAL: RECORD NUMBERS OF PILGRIMS ATTEND THE SHRINE OF FATIMA ON ANNIVERSARY OF VISION OF VIRGIN MARY
  • Date: 12th May 2005
  • Summary: (W4)FATIMA, PORTUGAL (MAY 12, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS ON ROAD 0.10 2. CLOSE OF PRILGRIMS' FEET 0.16 3. VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF ROAD 0.34 4. VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS TRAVELLING ON THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES CALLED FATIMA PATHS IN MOUNTAINS , ( ONE COPY OF SO CALLED CAMINHOS DE SANTIAGO IN SPAIN ) 1.00 5. SCU SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) NUNO PINTO ONE OF THE FIRST TO WALK ALONG THE PATHS OF FATIMA SAYING: "We departed Monday (May 9) from Lisbon, walked 40 kilometres a day, started always in the morning, and today we departed at 9 am." 1.10 6. WIDE OF PILGRIMS WALKING ALONG ROAD 1.16 7. WIDE OF PILGRIMS AT MEDICAL POST 1.22 8. SLV PEOPLE RECEIVING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE/ ONE PILGRIM WITH FEET ON CHAIR 1.27 9. CLOSE SHOT OF A FOOT TO BE TREATED 1.29 10. CLOSE OF NURSE WASHING/ TREATING THE PILGRIM'S FOOT 1.34 11. CLOSE SHOT OF A PILGRIM WITH FEET PROBLEMS/ BLISTERS 1.41 12. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (PORTUGUESE) - MONSIGNOR LUCIANO GUERRA, HEAD OF THE FATIMA SHRINE SAYING: "In the Catholic church, there are deep winds of change within the masses, I think, that will bear its fruits in a decade or two. In my view we are living a moment of religious renovation." 2.03 (NIGHT SCENES) 13. WIDE / PAN CANDELIGHT PROCESSION 2.15 14. WIDE OF CROWD HOLDING CANDLES 2.18 15. VARIOUS OF STATUE OF FATIMA VIRGIN IN PROCESSION 2.38 16. CLOSE OF PILGRIM WITH TORCH 2.41 17. VARIOUS OF CANDELIGHT PROCESSION IN PROGRESS 2.57 18. WIDE OF PILGRIMS WITH CANDLES 3.00 18. WIDE OF STATUE OF VIRGIN/SHRINE 3.04 (W4)FATIMA, PORTUGAL (MAY 13, 2005) (REUTERS) (DAY SCENES) 19. WIDE OF FATIMA SANCTUARY CHURCH 3.16 20. WIDE OF PILGRIMS APPLAUDING THE SURPRISE VATICAN ANNONCENMENT THAT POPE BENEDICT WAS SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS FOR HIS PREDECESSOR POPE JOHN PAUL II TO POSSIBLY BECOME A SAINT 3.37 21. CLOSE OF A OLD WOMAN IN CROWD 3.41 22. WIDE OF PILGRIMS 3.47 23. CLOSE OF A WOMAN WEEPING 3.51 24. PAN OF FAREWELL PROCESSION WITH PILGRIMS WAVING WHITE HANDKERCHIEFS/ STATUE OF FATIMA VIRGIN MOVING THROUGH CROWD 4.00 25. CLOSE STATUE OF VIRGIN BEING CARRIED THROUGH CROWD 4.07 26. WIDE OF PILGRIMS WAVING HANDKERCHIFS 4.11 27. WIDE OF PROCESSION 4.20 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th May 2005 13:00
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  • Location: FATIMA, PORTUGAL
  • Country: Portugal
  • Reuters ID: LVAA16WF2IPM2MR8GSZ83V43IZJH
  • Story Text: 30,000 Christian pilgrims walk to the shrine of
    Fatima to mark the the first anniversary of the apparition
    since the death of Pope John Paul ll.



    A record number of Christian pilgrims walked to
    the shrine of Fatima on Friday (May 13) to mark the
    anniversary of the purported apparition of the Virgin Mary
    before three shepherd children in 1917.

    An estimated 30,000 people walked several days to the
    Fatima sanctuary, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of
    the capital Lisbon, coming from all over the country.

    Several thousand others drove there to attend the annual
    ceremony at the Fatima shrine.

    "We think there are more pilgrims who walked to the
    sanctuary, which we consider to be a record," said Father
    Manuel Antunes.

    Pilgrims applauded the surprise announcement from the
    Vatican that Pope Benedict, also called Bento, had
    expedited the sainthood process for his predecessor, Pope
    John Paul II, who died April 2.

    John Paul's death, the naming of his successor, and the
    death in February of the last of the three children who
    claimed to see the Virgin at Fatima, have reinvigorated the
    faithful, sanctuary officials said.

    "I believe the death of Pope John Paul II and the
    nomination of Bento XVI marks the rebirth of spirituality
    in the world," said Father Luciano Guerra, director of the
    Fatima sanctuary.

    Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, who claimed she and her
    cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marta saw the Virgin on an
    oak tree on May 13, 1917, died on February 13 at the age of
    97. Her cousins had died in an influenza pandemic in 1919
    and 1920.

    The children claimed the Virgin appeared six times and
    witnesses claimed an estimated 50,000 people saw bright
    lights and rainbow colours at her last appearance.

    Dos Santos, who later became a nun, also claimed to
    have had a vision that foretold the attempted assassination
    of Pope John Paul, which occurred on May 13, 1981.

    Pope John Paul later placed one of the bullets that
    nearly killed him in the crown of the statue of Fatima.

    Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca fired the shots in St.

    Peters Square.

    John Paul II loved Fatima so much that Fatima was
    forced to love the Pope, Lisbon Cardinal Jose Policarpo
    said in his service at Fatima.

    Dos Santos also was said by believers to have received
    prophecies from the Virgin about a vision of hell and the
    outbreak of World War Two.

    The Vatican interpreted the prophecies as foretelling
    Communisms persecution of Christianity. The alleged
    apparitions took place the same year as the Russian
    Revolution.

    Despite the creation of a more scenic, off-road path
    for Fatima worshipers to use, most stuck with the old
    roadway route.




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