ACF – Associação Caminhos de Fátima is a private legal person, in the form of association and non-profit, created on February 12, 2016. It was born from the will of 14 Municipalities (Vila Nova de Gaia, Santa Maria da Feira, São João da Madeira, Oliveira de Azeméis, Albergaria-a-Velha, Águeda, Anadia, Mealhada, Coimbra, Condeixa-a-Nova, Soure, Pombal, Leiria and Ourém), which intended to create an alternative route for pilgrims, with better conditions of security.