"The best part of having spoken to Pope Francis is that it was simply a meeting among people and not focused on our differences." "On Pride Month I think this is an important message," she said. One of the transgender women who visited the pope, Alessia, said the meeting with Francis "was emotional" and "they felt welcomed." She told the Italian online media outlet Fanpage that she asked Francis if she could bring more than one person to the Vatican, to which he allegedly answered: "Bring them all." Jeanningros, who does her ministry from a chapel located in a small caravan parked next to a funfair in the Roman port town of Ostia, has known the pope since his election in 2013. Genevieve Jeanningros, 79, known for her work with marginalized groups, including circus performers, the homeless and members of the trans community. The meeting was not announced on the pope's daily schedule and was organized by Sr. Six transexual women from different cultural and social backgrounds walked into the Vatican for a private audience with Francis on June 22.
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