""When the prioress of the convent would give [Sister Lucia] a message, a communication from the Pope, for her it was always a great emotional moment,"

"What was most impressive was the arrival of the last message," he added. "In those dying moments it was as if all of a sudden she recovered her lost strength and her little eyes were illuminated." "
                                ... Salesian Father José dos Santos Valinho, nephew of Sr Lucia