October is a month traditionally dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Pope Leo XIV has invited the faithful to join in praying the Rosary every day during October to invoke God’s gift of peace.

On October 7, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the World Apostolate of Fatima joins again, as its main partner, the initiative of the Foundation Aid to the Church in Need, “One million children praying the Rosary”. The goal is, as it happened last year, to reach the target of having one million children offering their prayers for peace. In Fatima, Portugal, the Rosary will be recited in the Chapel of the Apparitions of Our Lady, on this day, at 18h30 (Portugal time).

Please, register here your Pledge to Pray the Rosary with children for this intention.

We also invite you on this day, to join online our friends in Ukraine, to pray with them, on October 7, at 19h00 (Ukrainian time), from the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lviv, Ukraine. You can join their prayer online via this link.

We believe that prayer is a powerful instrument to obtain peace in the world, as promised by Our Lady at Fatima.  

On this October 13, 2025, we celebrate the 108th anniversary of Our Lady’s last apparition in Fatima and of the miracle of the sun. In the eve of this and as part of the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality program in Rome, 11-12 October, the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima will travel from Cova da Iria to the Vatican. An official delegation of World Apostolate of Fatima will be present in Rome representing the worldwide Fatima Apostolate.

At the same time, on October 13, there will be the 25th annual Worldwide Children's Holy Hour, of which the World Apostolate of Fatima is a spiritual partner since the very beginning.

The World Apostolate of Fatima members are invited to promote the Children’s Holy Hour program in their own places throughout the entire year. However, on October 13^th, in union with the Children of the Eucharist association, let us join in this global effort to bring children to pray before the Blessed Sacrament, for the families, for the Holy Father and for Peace, imitating the Saints little shepherds of Fatima. Find here more information.

The World Apostolate of Fatima in Ukraine invites the whole world to join a prayer online initiative that was launched in 2022, some months after the war started. The invitation is for everyone to join the ongoing 40-hours Rosary prayer that has been established through an online platform available here.

This Prayer online platform is available in different languages and instructions on how to become a part of it are indicated there. We also invite you to take advantage of a unique opportunity to receive a random BIBLE passage once you have registered for the prayer. Every prayer is important to God!

Common prayer is a powerful spiritual weapon. The intention is conversion of sinners, peace in the world, protection of the Ukrainian soldiers and people and the end of the war.

The prayer time begins every week from Tuesday, 07:00 am until Wednesday, 11:00 pm (Ukrainian time). This completes 40 uninterrupted hours. It is also desirable to accompany the prayer with Fasting. 

Kindly note that weekly registration for the prayer is required because the system resets every week.

The World Apostolate of Fatima launched on August 13, 2025 the official Rosary of the Centennial of the Apparitions of Our Lady and the Child Jesus to Sister Lucia, in Pontevedra, Spain. These apparitions took place on December 10, 1925 and February 15, 1926 and add to the message of Fatima the request for the First Saturday Devotion, where the recitation of the Rosary is one of the central elements.

The Rosary of the Centennial of the Apparitions in Pontevedra is meant to be an invitation to prayer for peace in the world and to offer reparation for the offenses committed to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Handmade in Fatima, this Rosary is composed of glass rose beads mixed with white and blue colors, representing the hopes and anxieties of humanity. Between each decade, white beads in the shape of heart were placed, recalling the devotion of the First Saturdays of the month.

The metal centerpiece of the Rosary, also in the shape of a heart, houses the logo of the Centennial of the Apparitions of Pontevedra on the obverse and, on the reverse, the commemorative date of the 1925-2025 event. The composition of the Rosary ends with a silver metal crucifix, decorated with elements linked to Fatima.

Each piece, assembled in a transparent box, is accompanied by an explanatory book, in three languages, Portuguese, English and Spanish, including also the text of the Apparition in Pontevedra. At the base of the box there is a card with the image of the Blessed Virgin and the Child Jesus, alluding to the Apparition in Pontevedra.

The Rosary of the Centennial of the Apparitions of Pontevedra also has a solidarity component. 1 Euro of each Rosary sold reverts to the renovation works of the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and its activities, in Pontevedra, property of the Spanish Episcopal Conference.

The first copy of the commemorative Rosary of the Centennial of the Apparitions of Pontevedra was gifted to Pope Leo XIV,  last June, in Rome, during the annual meeting of ecclesial movements.

Be sure to get yours! Help us also to distribute it throughout the world so that we can better celebrate the Centenary of the Apparitions of Pontevedra!

For general orders, please visit our online shop.

For orders in bulk, please send us an email to info@worldfatima.com 

The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life held its annual meeting with the Moderators of associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements and new communities, in the Vatican, from June 4-6, 2025.

The meeting under the theme “Hope Lived and Proclaimed: the Gift of the Jubilee for Ecclesial Communities”, brought together 234 people from 95 international associations of the faithful and ecclesial movements recognized by the Dicastery.

The World Apostolate of Fatima was represented by its President, Prof. Michael Ogunu, by its Treasurer, Mr. David Kelly and by the Director of the Secretariat, Mr. Nuno Prazeres. Read here the full report, with photos.