24 july, 2014
Bishop of Oporto presides at the international pilgrimage
His Excellency Antonio Francisco dos Santos, bishop of the Diocese of Oporto, presides in Fatima at the international pilgrimage on the 12th and 13th August.
"Have mercy upon me, for I have sinned" (Ps 51) is the theme and subject of this pilgrimage, which usually is characterized by the presence of a large number of pilgrims that integrate the Pilgrimage of Migrants and Refugees to the Shrine of Fatima. Such a journey is an organization of the Portuguese Catholic Migration Work (OCPM), in the context of the 42 National Migration Week (August 10 through 17, 2014).
Pilgrimage start is assigned for 18:30 on the 12th in the Little Chapel of the Apparitions, and this will be the moment of reception by the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Antonio Marto, and the greeting by the President of the pilgrimage. The journey has the following program: #
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