A soccer-loving nun is now the world’s oldest living person: Facing an unknown future with joyous faith
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 8 January 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Sister Inah Canabarro, the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117, is a fan of the local soccer club, which celebrates her birthday every year by decorating her room with gifts in the team’s colors. The secret to her longevity? Her faith, she says. No one can predict the future, but as technology advances, it becomes more and more tempting to lean on self-reliance as the answer to unknown futures. But there’s only One who can shape the future, and he asks for our dependence on him today.
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| 0:51.1 | Good day and welcome to the Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 edition of the Daily Article |
| 0:58.5 | podcast. I'm Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by our |
| 1:04.1 | co-founder, CEO, and good friend Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 1:09.6 | Quote, I'm young, pretty, and friendly, |
| 1:13.0 | all very good, positive qualities |
| 1:15.0 | that you have too, |
| 1:16.7 | end quote. |
| 1:17.5 | This is how sister, |
| 1:18.8 | Aina Canabaro, |
| 1:19.9 | the world's oldest living person |
| 1:21.7 | at nearly 117, |
| 1:24.4 | greets visitors to her retirement home |
| 1:26.5 | in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. |
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