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Devout flock to Fatima amid costs and war warnings
Fatima shrine draws hundreds of thousands from around the world despite higher travel costs after Portugal's 1974 revolution. Pilgrims sleep in cars or buses as hotels host refugees from former colonies. gas tops $2.40 a gallon, and government aid funds lodging for tens of thousands. The story notes the Fatima apparitions in 1917, ongoing Marian devotion, and political tensions including leftist skepticism and right-wing Blue Army activity, with soldiers returning from colonial wars swelling pilgrim numbers.
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