When the French nun met him, he was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires at the time, and she had come from Rome to Buenos Aires for the funeral of her aunt, Leonie Duquet, who was also a nun.
He had approved Duquet’s reburial, who passed away under the dictatorship in the nation in the middle of the 1970s. Francis became acquainted with Geneviève, a well-known person.
In the LGBTQ+ community, and the two would get together weekly with a group of LGBTQ+ community members. Francis also traveled to Ostia in July to see his 81-year-old friend.
In violation of Vatican tradition, the Sister went to Francis’ coffin to bid him farewell on Wednesday, April 23, as the late pope was lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Only male cardinals, priests, and bishops were allowed admission to pay their respects at the time; the general public was not allowed inside.
