When they were in prison, Francisco comforted Jacinta, persuading her not to cry and to offer that suffering as a sacrifice to Jesus for the conversion of sinners.
Francisco only saw the Angel of Peace, but did not hear what he said, while Jacinta and Lúcia saw and heard the Angel of Peace.
While grazing sheep on a farm called Pedreira, Francisco wandered away from Jacinta and Lúcia and went into the hollow of a quarry.
After a while they heard him shouting. He saw a creature from hell and was very frightened.
Jacinta confronted him with this question: “You never want to think about hell, so you won’t be afraid, and now you’re the first to be afraid!?”
Francisco wished to confess so that he could receive Communion before he died.