Lisbon 14 May (ANA) - Pope Francis canonized two shepherd children who purportedly had a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary 100 years ago, who warned that a life devoid of God leads to hell. Our Lady “foresaw and warned us of the risk of hell where a godless life that profanes Him in his creatures will lead,” Francis said during the canonization Mass Saturday. Such a life is “frequently proposed and imposed,” he said. Francis traveled to Portugal for the 100th anniversary of the first of six apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three young shepherds, two of whom he declared to be saints: Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The third shepherd, who became a religious sister with the name Sister Lucia, died much more recently—in 2005—and her cause for sainthood is also underway.(ANA)

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