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Christianity. Instead, many of these priests and religious, along with a few 

bishops, will break away from the true religion, the Catholic Faith, to 

endorse and live either a different religion or a badly altered version of the 

Christian Faith. They will think they are avoiding great suffering by this 

means; they may say that they are doing God's will, but they shall be 

punished all the more by God for turning away from the Truth and the 

Cross. 

    This persecution which Mary describes will occur when the Arabs invade 

Italy during the war between the Arab nations and Europe (WWIII). This 

war will begin early in the Forty Years. There will also be a more severe 

persecution of Christians, especially in Europe, during the A.D. 2030's. As 

often happens also with the words of Holy Scripture, Mary's words may 

have more than one true and intended meaning. 

10.   May the Pope keep himself on guard against the performers of 

miracles, because the time has come when the most astonishing wonders 

will take place on the earth and in the air.  

    In this discourse, which the Virgin Mary gave to us at La  Salette, she 

often gives her words a dual meaning, so that she at once refers to both the 

time of the Forty Years and the time of the ten kings and Antichrist. The 

time of the Forty Years, especially the  A.D. 2030's, is a foreshadowing of 

the years leading up to and including the reign of Antichrist over the world 

(in the 25th century). 

    There will be evil persons, false prophets, who will perform apparent 

miracles which they will claim to be signs from God. Jesus said,  You will 

know them by their fruits.  (Mt 7:16). Persons who reject the teachings of 

Christ cannot perform true miracles from God. This time of deceitful signs 

and wonders is the time of the Antichrist (2 Thess 2:9). There may also be 

similar, but less astounding, false miracles during the Forty Years.

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    However, during such times, when there are false miracles and deceitful 

signs (Rev 13:13 14), there will also be true signs and wonders from God 

(Rev 11:3 6). Not every apparent miracle, sign, or wonder is false. God 

never abandons His  people. God strengthens and comforts the faithful 

during times of difficulty. 

11.   In the year 1864, Lucifer with a great number of demons will be 

unleashed from hell; they will abolish the faith little by little and even in 

persons consecrated to God; they will blind them in such a way that barring 

a particular grace these persons will take on the spirit of these bad angels: 

several religious houses will lose the faith entirely and will lose many souls.