At WYD, the warm welcome of the Portuguese

At WYD, the warm welcome of the Portuguese

Trumpets and drums resound in the center of Caranguejeira, a small town of barely 5,000 inhabitants, located about ten kilometers from Fatima….

WYD 2023: At Fatima, piety and politics

WYD 2023: At Fatima, piety and politics

They walked for four hours to reach the shrine. Leaving at dawn from the small town of Caranguejeira, 17 kilometers away, around…

Testimony of faith.  An untraceable mass

Testimony of faith. An untraceable mass

IT WAS BREAKFAST TIME, we were sitting on the grass, the weather was nice. To celebrate our baccalaureate, we had decided to…

(Our iconic clothes 4/7) Overalls

(Our iconic clothes 4/7) Overalls

My first dungarees were in denim, I was 13 years old, and this garment freed me forever from the smocked dresses of…