(Left) Sister Geneviève Jeanningros pays her last respect to Pope Francis; (right) Pope Francis with Sister Geneviève (Photo: Vatican Media) The nun was none other than Sister Geneviève Jeanningros.

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The BBC has taken a look back at archive footage of previous Popes' funerals, as far back as Pope Pius XII in 1958 through to Pope Benedict XVI in 2022. Video produced by Ian Casey.

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