“Really, I’m Francis!”: the story of the first transsexual invited to the Vatican and the details of an unforgettable meeting

Diego Neira Lejárraga vented his anger and sadness in a letter he sent to the Vatican. The Pope did not hesitate: he received it in Rome and made him feel that he believed in God himself.

On March 11, 2020, three days after all the parishes of Italy closed for the advance of the pandemic, Don Andrea joined the street and found a queue of people who turned around to his church in Torvaianica, one of those beach villages outside Rome where it seems that life began later. Many of them, desperate, the first to call for help, were transsexuals who prostituted themselves and played their lives every day in the pine forest that is a few…

“I asked for help. They told me to write an email to the Pontiff. And he answered me.”

Over 90,000 people paid tribute to the Pope by 7pm on Thursday

Some 40 guests will carry a white rose in the basilica located in Rome. The Vatican said that "the poor have a special place in the heart of God".

A procession of 40 poor people, prisoners, transsexuals, homeless and migrants will be in charge of accompanying the coffin of Pope Francis until moments before the burial of his coffin. They will be located in the steps of access to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria La Mayor. "The poor have a special place in the heart of God. So also in the heart and in the Magisterium of the Holy Father, who had chosen the name of Francis to never forget them…