An Indigenous elder has formed an extraordinary friendship with Pope Leo XIV, regularly playing Wordle and chatting online with the leader of the Catholic Church.

Theresa Ardler, a committed Catholic, developed her papal connections through her close relationship with the late Pope Francis , who passed away in April aged 88.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Indigenous elder plays Wordle with the Pope.

“I think about him every day and I pray for him every day,” Ardler said of Francis.

Remarkably, Ardler was the last person on earth to have a papal audience with Francis, meeting with him for two hours immediately after US Vice President JD Vance’s brief five-minute visit.

“I actually didn’t know who he was. He said, ‘hello, my name is JD Vance’. And I said, oh, ‘where are you from?’ He goes, ‘A

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