On Friday 5 May 2017 at 13.00, at the Holy See Press Office in Via della Conciliazione 54, the director Greg Burke will hold a briefing to present the programme of the pilgrimage of His Holiness Francis to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima on the occasion of the centenary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Cova da Iria, to take place on 12 and 13 May 2017.

At the end of the briefing, Ms. Carmo Rodeia, director of Communication of the Shrine of Fátima, and Fr. Nuno Rosário Fernandes, director of the Department of Communication of the Patriarchate of Lisboa, will be available to journalists for interviews.