\u201cYour Holiness, pleased to meet you.\u201d <\/p>\n
This is how Russell M. Nelson, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints greeted Pope Francis. <\/p>\n
He and other Mormon leaders met the pope on the occasion of the dedication of their temple in Rome, Italy. <\/p>\n
It was a never-before-seen meeting of its kind, that strove to highlight similarities instead of differences. <\/p>\n
RUSSELL M. NELSON<\/strong> The leaders didn't come empty-handed. They brought a porcelain model of an original sculpture. <\/p>\n RUSSELL M. NELSON<\/strong> They also gave the pope their official piece stressing the purpose and importance of family. <\/p>\n The leaders then showed Pope Francis their new temple, the first Mormon temple in the city.<\/p>\n RUSSELL M. NELSON The pope concluded the meeting giving them the 2019 medallions as a token of his appreciation. <\/p>\n There are 16 million Mormons in the world. The Vatican does not exactly consider it a Christian denomination, such as Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant, because they have a different concept of baptism, and have the Book of Mormon, instead of the Bible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 11, 2019. They came on the occasion of their temple's dedication in Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/up7fZ-0oaP8","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmormonseng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmormonsint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPresident, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
\n \u201cSo that's one of the many things we share in common with you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPresident, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
\n 'The gift we have is from Spain. It's done by a Danish sculptor, who came to Italy to learn how to do sculpture.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
\n \u201cWe have a temple and housing. So that's why we're here.\u201d
\n\u201cWe're very honored to meet with you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n