Jeanie Hannaman

By Jimmy Akin, Catholic News Agency - May 13 is the optional memorial of Our Lady of Fátima, arguably the most prominent approved apparition of the 20th century. It became famous the world over, particularly for its three-part “secret.”... Here are nine things to know about this Marian apparition... 1. What happened at Fátima, Portugal? A young shepherd girl, Lucia dos Santos, said she experienced supernatural visitations as early as 1915, two years before the famous appearances of Our Lady of Fátima... In 1917, she and two of her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, were working as shepherds tending their families’ flocks.

By John Gizzi, Newsmax - This may have been one of the most tumultuous papal conclaves in recent memory, with the cardinals of the Roman Church settling on what appears to be a unifying Pope, Leo XIV... It is remarkable that Robert Prevost, an American, became Pope. It long had been held that an American could never become Pope... But Vatican sources, who are impeccable, tell Newsmax he was the man to beat from the minute the conclave began... Here’s what unfolded... This conclave started last Wednesday with secret meetings in the Sistine Chapel.

By Tom Colsy, The Catholic Herald - Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the former Prefect of the Papal Household, described the results of the recent papal conclave as marking the beginning of a new era for the Church – one marked by clarity, stability and a decisive break from the confusion of the past... Gänswein described the elevation of Cardinal Robert Prevost as a moment of “great and good surprise”, adding that he felt an immediate sense of hope as the new Pope appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica... “Optically and acoustically, this Pope inspires hope, hope, hope”... “We can begin to count on a papacy capable of guaranteeing stability.”