“He was always a humanist on the side of the poor,” says Claudia Sheinbaum

Emir Olivares and Alonso Urrutia

La Jornada newspaper
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, p. 5

The death of Pope Francis It is a painful loss For the world, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said. He stressed that the pontiff was a humanist who was always next to the poorest. Leave a great legacy of true love of neighbor.

At the beginning of yesterday’s press conference, the federal president lamented the death of the leader of the Catholic Church and stressed that Antier, in a last message, the Pope spoke for the peace of the orb.

The head of the Federal Executive said that on Tuesday she will present a semblance of Francisco’s vision, but said: He was a man who was always close to the humblest, of the pooradding: “Yesterday (Easter Sunday), his message was for peace. So it is a painful loss. That in peace rests. Our hug and affection for the whole world and, in particular, to the Catholics of Mexico (…) beyond religion, obviously we are a secular state, but we always defended the Catholic hierarchy for his vision against the most humble.”

Hours before, at dawn, the president referred to the event in her social networks. Pope Francis dies. A humanist who opted for the poor, peace and equality. Leave a great legacy of true love of neighbor. For Catholics and those who are not a great loss. Having known him was a great honor and privilege. Rest in peace.

In the town of the town in front of the press, to a question about the speculation around the relay in the Vatican, she revived: There does not correspond to us (say)but he did remember his visit to the Holy See in February last year, when she was a presidential candidate: It was an emotional and very special moment.

He evoked that the pontiff told him that days before he had visited him another woman who was looking for the presidency in Mexico, his rival Xóchitl Gálvez, flag bearer of the PAN, PRI and PRD coalition: A woman came, a good woman, who will compete for the presidency of Mexico. And he told me there was another woman In the same contest. To this, the federal president today told Francisco: Ah, it’s me, his servant.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed condolences for the death of the first Latin American Pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

He also sent his “most felt condolences to his family and who considered him his spiritual leader. As noted by the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Pope Francis will be remembered as a great humanist who opted for the poorest and promoted fraternity between people and nations. Rest in peace.