Politics

The Rome fairground workers who won over Pope Francis by bringing acrobats to the Vatican

It's an amusement park, one of those with bumper cars, trestles, and jumping houses... In the past, it must have had its charm, but now it's clearly on the decline. It's called Luna Park and is located in Ostia, a coastal town in the province of Rome, just 30 kilometers from the Italian capital. There, in a caravan, lived Geneviève Jeanningros, the 81-year-old nun who broke protocol last Thursday, slipped into the front row to pray before Pope Francis' coffin and couldn't stop a few tears from escaping.

It's an amusement park, one of those with bumper cars, trestles, and jumping houses...

In the past, it must have had its charm, but now it's clearly on the decline. It's called Luna Park and is located in Ostia, a coastal town in the province of Rome, just 30 kilometers from the Italian capital. There, in a caravan, lived , slipped into the front row to pray before Pope Francis' coffin and couldn't stop a few tears from escaping.

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