Sister to leave convent for first time in 84 years to meet Pope Benedict

AT 103 years old, Sister Teresita is set for the experience of a lifetime.

After spending the last 84 years in a convent, she will emerge today to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid.

Sr Teresita lives at the Buenafuente del Sistal convent, 100km northeast of Madrid, which she entered at the age of 19, on April 16, 1927 — the same day Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, was born in Germany.