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Gordon Monson: Is it time for aging LDS apostles to pull a Pope Benedict and step aside?

It’s at least worth asking whether extending emeritus status to the top leaders could be a gift to them and to the church — infusing the faith with younger blood and fresher ideas.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Members of the First Presidency — President Russell M. Nelson, center, with President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor, left, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor — smile at the beginning of the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. All the men are in their 90s.