Yes, Clare, thanks for the note, although I don't recall the mention of Cure D'Ars St. Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney, I was just a child when I heard the story, and I am sure it is the same story I heard from the nuns.
Having hope that someone might have saved their soul is not liberal, and having hope does not mean they did save their soul either. Remember those conditions that make a sin a mortal sin, those conditions are Church teaching. We are never to judge that someone for sure lost their soul. Although the Fatima did see a blizzard of souls falling into Hell fire and we know the road to Eternal Life is narrow.