“I wanted to come and greet him in person, a last greeting, I wanted to, and it's a real emotion.
At the foot of the steps of Saint Peter's Basilica, Mathieu, 52, who arrives from Brittany, has just meditated for a few seconds in front of the remains of the late pope emeritus.
She was transferred early this Monday morning, during a discreet ceremony, from the monastery where he resided, in the Vatican gardens, since his resignation in 2013, to the heart of the largest church in the world, to be presented to the audience.
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