On our guided tour of Portugal's capital, we visited the monument to Henry the Navigator, the 16th-century Belém Tower, the Moorish citadel, and Black Horse Square. We saw the Cathedral La Sé, where St. Anthony was baptized, and St. Anthony’s Church, believed to be his birthplace.
We admired St. Mary of Belém Church, part of the Jeronimos Monastery, built in the mid-1400s to thank the Virgin Mary for Vasco de Gama’s voyage to India.
Then, we headed north to Santarém to visit the Church of the Eucharistic Holy Miracle before arriving in Fátima, home to one of the most famous Catholic shrines.
We took an orientation walk and visited the Tomb of the Visionaries and the Chapel of the Apparitions, where the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in 1917. That evening, we joined pilgrims for the Rosary and candlelight procession at the Our Lady of Fátima Basilica.