When Pope John Paul II arrived in Fátima for the first time , in 1982 , he said that he had come " because , on this exact date last year in St. Peter 's Square , in Rome , there was an attempt on the life of your Pope , which mysteriously coincided with the anniversary of the first vision at Fátima , that of 13 May 1917 . The coincidence of these dates was so great that it seemed to be a special invitation for me to come here . " Sister Lúcia , when questioned about the Third Secret , said that the three of them had been very sad about the suffering of the Pope , and that Jacinta kept saying : '' Coitadinho do Santo Padre , tenho muita pena dos pecadores ! '' ( " Poor Holy Father , I feel a lot of pity for the sinners ! " ) Another miracle was found to have been attributed to their intercession and the process that investigated the presumed miracle was validated on 8 February 2013 . On 23 March 2017 , it was announced that Pope Francis would canonize them while visiting Portugal on 12 and 13 May . The pope solemnly canonized the children on 13 May 2017 during the centennial of the first apparition . They are the Catholic Church 's youngest saints who did not die as martyrs , with Jacinta the youngest
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Francisco and Jacinta Marto