CV NEWS FEED // Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun who was declared the oldest person in the world in January, passed away April 30.

AP News reports that Sister Inah’s religious congregation, the Company of Saint Teresa of Jesus in Porto Alegre, Brazil, said she died at home of natural causes. She would have turned 117 on May 27.

Now, the oldest person in the world is Ethel Caterham, a 115-year-old British woman.

As CatholicVote previously reported, Sister Inah credited the Catholic faith for her longevity. As a child growing up in Brazil, she was so skinny that her relatives did not think she would survive childhood. 

Pope Francis honored Sister Inah on her 110th birthday, and every year, on her birthday, Porto Alegre’s soccer team celebrated their oldest fan.