{"id":270638,"date":"2025-04-21T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-first-presidency-offers-condolences-on-passing-of-his-holiness-pope-francis\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:40:02","slug":"la-primera-presidencia-ofrece-sus-condolencias-por-el-fallecimiento-de-su-santidad-el-papa-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-primera-presidencia-ofrece-sus-condolencias-por-el-fallecimiento-de-su-santidad-el-papa-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"First Presidency Offers Condolences on Passing of His Holiness Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">SALT LAKE CITY<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">April 21, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/learn\/first-presidency?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">First Presidency<\/a><\/u>\u00a0of <u><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org\/style-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Church of <span class=\"xn-person\">Jesus Christ<\/span> of Latter-day Saints<\/a><\/u> has released the following statement:<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg3e1cleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg3e1cleft\" title=\"President Russell M. Nelson presents Pope Francis with a small Christus statue and a framed copy of the Church's proclamation on the family. President Nelson and President M. Russell Ballard visited with the Pope on Saturday, March 9, 2019.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2669125\/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_day_Saints_pope_nelson.jpg\" alt=\"President Russell M. Nelson presents Pope Francis with a small Christus statue and a framed copy of the Church's proclamation on the family. President Nelson and President M. Russell Ballard visited with the Pope on Saturday, March 9, 2019.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We join the world in mourning the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. His courageous and compassionate leadership has blessed countless lives. We extend our heartfelt condolences to all who looked to him for inspiration and counsel. As the world pauses to remember his example of forgiveness and service, we feel deep gratitude for the goodness of a life well lived and rejoice in the hope of a glorious resurrection made possible through the atoning sacrifice of <span class=\"xn-person\">Jesus Christ<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2019,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org\/article\/prophet-meets-pope-francis-vatican\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>President <span class=\"xn-person\">Russell M. Nelson<\/span> met with Pope Francis<\/u><\/a>\u00a0inside the Vatican in what was the first meeting of its kind. Of that meeting, President Nelson said, &#8220;We had a most cordial, unforgettable experience with His Holiness. He was most gracious and warm and welcoming. What a sweet, wonderful man he is, and how fortunate the Catholic people are to have such a gracious, concerned, loving, and capable leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg1197left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg1197left\" title=\"Pope Francis welcomes President Russell M. Nelson to the Vatican Saturday, March 9, 2019.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2669126\/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_day_Saints_pope_nelson.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis welcomes President Russell M. Nelson to the Vatican Saturday, March 9, 2019.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2669125\/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_day_Saints_pope_nelson.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2669125\/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_day_Saints_pope_nelson.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2669126\/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_day_Saints_pope_nelson.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2669126\/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_day_Saints_pope_nelson.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The Church of <span class=\"xn-person\">Jesus Christ<\/span> of Latter-day Saints<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">SALT LAKE CITY<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">April 21, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/learn\/first-presidency?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">First Presidency<\/a><\/u>\u00a0of <u><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org\/style-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Church of <span class=\"xn-person\">Jesus Christ<\/span> of Latter-day Saints<\/a><\/u> has released the following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270638"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270641,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270638\/revisions\/270641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}