She made him wait for her while she chatted with Thailand’s king and queen.
Sister Ana Rosa Sivori has taken something of a star turn during her second cousin’s visit to
Thailand, assuming an unprecedented role for a woman as papal whisperer and translator, who doesn’t seem fazed that her charge is Pope Francis.
Not so Sivori, who treats Francis with the respect owed a pope but nevertheless displays the confidence and chutzpah of a no-nonsense nun who has spent more than a half-century ministering to Thailand’s faithful.