Video. Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered at Portugal’s Fatima shrine for the annual Mass of the Blessing of the Candles honouring the Virgin Mary.

Up to half a million people attended the Mass held by the Pope Up to half a million people have attended an open-air Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at the Catholic shrine of Fatima in Portugal.

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for an outdoor mass celebrated by the pope today at the Portuguese shrine of Fatima… Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for an outdoor mass ...

FATIMA, Portugal -- Tens of thousands of pilgrims flooded the famous shrine town of Fatima on Thursday for Pope Benedict XVI's Mass celebrating the anniversary of the day when three shepherd children ...