8 .- It is not easy to know if who has sinned seriously, has done so with full knowledge and deliberate consent, as required to have a mortal sin. And even supposing that there is mortal sin (that is, serious, conscious and free), we can not deny that ‘the finger’ of God could have touched the sinner at the time of death if in that supreme moment the person has turned his gaze to He with a repentant heart.