The primary building at the shrine is the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima, a gleaming Neoclassical church begun on May 13, 1928, and consecrated on October 7, 1953. Its slender central spire rises ...

I have come to Fatima to rejoice in Mary’s presence and ... hospitality shown particularly by his collaborators at this Shrine. I greet the President of the Republic and the other authorities ...