The Buddhist representative was welcomed by Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva of Leira and Fatima. Together they toured the shrine and basilica, visiting the tombs of two Fatima visionaries, Blessed Jacinta and Blessed Francisco.
The Dalai Lama placed a flower at the feet of a statue of the Virgin Mary in the chapel of the Apparitions, and spoke words of peace to those present.
For his part, the bishop of Leira appealed for a peace process in Afghanistan and remembered the journalists who were killed during the war.
