Soccer-loving nun is world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 [Video]

A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan.Video above: Inah Canabarro has become the world’s oldest person at the age of 116Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn’t think she would survive childhood, Cleber Canabarro, her 84-year-old nephew, told The Associated Press.LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks supercentenarians around the globe, released a statement Saturday declaring the nun the world’s oldest person, validated by early life records.In a video shot by the organization last February, the smiling Inah Canabarro can be seen cracking jokes, sharing miniature paintings she used to make of wildflowers and reciting the Hail Mary prayer.The secret to longevity? Her Catholic faith, she says.”I’m young, pretty and friendly — all very good, positive qualities that you have, too,” the Teresian nun tells the visitors to …