The Brazilian nun wears her white habit - as she does every day - and her veil fits perfectly. Sister Inah is the oldest nun in the world since the death of French Sister Lucile Randon in 2023.
As the 116-year-old can no longer express herself so well at the moment, Sister Lúcia Ignez Bassotto is there to support her. She looks after her elderly co-sister, who lives in her order's care centre in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre.
The 78-year-old has known Sister Inah for a long time, as she herself was one of her students many decades ago. And Sister Lúcia answers the many press enquiries from all over the world on behalf of her fellow sister. She even recorded a video for katholisch.de and asked Sister Inah the questions she wanted.
"Is it a gift from God to be 116 years old?" Sister Lúcia asks her co-sister right at the beginning of the video recording. She doesn't answer at first and looks at the floor in front of her. After asking several times, the elderly nun quietly answers: "Yes, I like it."
Her voice sounds weak, which is probably due to her advanced age. Sister Lúcia praises her good answer and immediately moves on to the next question: "What is your favourite thing to do during the day?" Sister Inah seems to have got used to the conversational situation now, because she answers more quickly and with more vigour than before: "A bit of everything." She smiles.
Sister Lúcia explains in more detail what this could mean for her co-sister: Perhaps being taken for a daily walk in the garden in her wheelchair, enjoying the flowers and saying a prayer at the small Marian grotto in the monastery's backyard.
The elderly nun nods in agreement - even if it is not clear whether the answer is true for her. Perhaps she thinks this reaction is expected of her. Now Sister Inah is asked to pray a "Hail Mary". She immediately says the prayer loudly and forcefully in Portuguese. She has internalised it so much that she prays it by heart.
Sister Inah has had a long and eventful life. She was born on 27 May 1908 in São Francisco de Assis in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. However, her parents did not register her at the town hall until a few days later. This is why her date of birth is listed on the internet as 8 June.
As an infant, Sister Inah is said to have been weak and frail. Her parents were very worried about her because, according to the medical prognosis, their child would not reach adulthood. But things turned out differently. Sister Inah grew up in a large family on a farm and moved several times during her childhood.
Sister Inah's first contact with her later religious order, the Congregation of the Teresian Sisters, was as a boarding school student - because the school was run by the sisters' community.
One focus of the work of the Teresian Sisters, founded in the 19th century, is the education of children and young people. At the age of 19, Sister Inah joined the order and moved to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, for the novitiate in 1927. She then became a teacher and taught mainly Portuguese and maths at several schools in Brazil for decades.
"They should get a little better every day - and love God"
In the latest video, the oldest nun in the world looks a little tired. She has now answered a few questions from her fellow nun. So it takes her a little while to answer the next question. Sister Lúcia wants to know what she prays for every day.
Here, too, Sister Inah answers with just one sentence: "For a little bit of everything." Her carer then puts a few prayer requests into her mouth: for world peace, for the children, for the young people.
Sister Inah nods, even though she hasn't said anything herself. Perhaps because she lacks the strength to do so. But she still has a clear message for young people: "They should become a little better every day - and love God."
Young people are particularly close to the former teacher and educator's heart.
During her active time as a teacher, she founded a small orchestra with her pupils, something unusual at the time. This "band" performed classical music and folklore pieces and enabled the girls to travel and see a lot of Brazil, for example, as their performances took them to different regions of the largest country in South America. The band members have also performed in neighbouring countries such as Uruguay and Paraguay.
Sister Inah is still in good contact with some of her former students today. She is delighted when she receives visits from them. The elderly nun enjoys receiving guests at the Teresian convent, especially for her birthday celebrations. Her nephew also visits her regularly. After all, Sister Inah's old age is something special. Her fellow nuns are obviously proud of her.
Next year, Sister Inah will be 117 years old. At the end of the video recording, Sister Lúcia asks her who she would like to invite to her celebration. And Sister Inah answers with conviction: "Mary, Jesus and Joseph."
The Christian faith continues to characterise Sister Inah's life to this day. She attends Holy Mass every day and receives communion.
"I partake of the body of Christ every day. I like that very much," says the oldest nun in the world.
Three times a week, a priest celebrates the Eucharist with the small community in the senior nunnery.
On the other days, they take part in a church service via the television. The channel is called "TV Aparecida" and is named after the largest place of pilgrimage in Brazil.
Sister Inah is a football fan
Daily prayer is particularly important to Sister Inah. She once described it as her "great secret for a long life".
The 116-year-old is particularly fond of praying the rosary. She says the "Hail Mary" every day.
She often rolls to the small Lourdes grotto in the monastery garden on her walking frame, holding the rosary in her hands that Pope Francis sent her with a letter of congratulations when she turned 110.
Incidentally, she shares a common interest with the Pope: he is just as interested in football as the 116-year-old Brazilian. Sister Inah keeps her fingers crossed for the Internacional sports club, which, like her, is based in Porto Alegre.
Towards the end of the video, which she recorded together with Sister Lucia, Sister Inah does not look as exhausted as after a football match, but a certain fatigue is noticeable.
Sister Lúcia shows her co-sister another red flower in the convent garden: "You like flowers so much."
Sister Inah tries to touch the flower and misses. Lúcia lovingly helps her to find the flower with her hands and stroke it with her fingers. A smile adorns the wrinkled face of Sister Inah, the oldest nun in the world. As if to say that she is happy - and feels very close to heaven in her convent.