Latest from Saturday LDS General Conference: Speakers discuss mental health, pandemic, church attendance and obedience
Go all-in with God, says apostle Jeffrey Holland in first talk since BYU speech. Church President Russell Nelson thanks members who heed COVID guidelines. Dallin Oaks urges all religious types to go to church. Tabernacle Choir sings live at session for first time in two years.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Wendy, greet organist Linda Margetts during the close of the afternoon session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 191st Semiannual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.
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