Abstract:
This article analyses how the First Republic (1910-
1926) in Portugal defended and implemented the
idea of a secular and modern state. Nevertheless,
the “aparitions of Our Lady of Fátima” were used
by the Church to oppose liberal ideas and, later,
Fátima supported Salazarism and condemned
communism. Religion was used to convince people
to support the New State (1933-1975), which in
turn defended colonialism overseas in order to
expropriate the riches of the colonies.
Keywords: Fátima. Salazarism. Colonialism.
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