As war rages, Ukrainian joins thousands in Portugal to pray for peace
Fatima, PortugalReuters Armed with a candle and a blue and yellow flag, Karina Potomkina, a Ukrainian who has been watching her country being ravaged by war from afar, joined tens thousands of faithful in Portugal on Thursday evening to pray for peace. Potomkina, a 42-year-old who moved from the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia to Lisbon […]
“We are fed up”: Thousands pray at Portugal’s Fatima shrine for world without COVID-19
Fatima, Portugal Reuters Suffering from an autoimmune disease, 71-year-old Maria Emilia travels – often by foot – to one of Catholicism’s most famous sanctuaries in Portugal every year. But the coronavirus pandemic made her trip more important than ever. Standing in circles marked to maintain social distancing, Emilia joined about 7,500 other faithful at a […]