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February 19, 2019
In Center of Catholicism, New Mormon Temple Invites Curious Romans for a Look (The New York Times) (February 19, 2019) Home to the Vatican, the pope and St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome is unchallenged in its claim to be the global center of the Roman Catholic Church.
But the city also plays host to the largest mosque in Western Europe, the largest Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall on the Continent, and, as of this year, the biggest center in Europe belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Four Latter-day Saint missionaries injured in serious car accident in New Caledonia (Church News) (February 19, 2019) Four missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were injured in a serious car accident on Saturday, Feb. 16, on the island of New Caledonia.
All four missionaries, serving in the Vanuatu Port Vila Mission, are expected to recover from the collision, during which at least one of the three people in the other vehicle died, said Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff.
February 15, 2019
February 13, 2019
Apostle M. Russell Ballard and U President Ruth Watkins Speak at the LDS Institute (Daily Utah Chronicle) (February 13, 2019) On Sunday, Feb. 10, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held an event at its Institute of Religion for students at the University of Utah. The chapel of the building was full, along with the overflow, gym and another adjacent chapel. Everyone braved the snow to come to the Institute to hear what the U’s President, Ruth Watkins and president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church, M. Russell Ballard, had to say.
February 12, 2019
Church members react on Instagram to President Nelson's inspiring address at State Farm Stadium (Church News) (February 12, 2019) President Russell M. Nelson spoke to a crowd of 65,000 in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday night at the State Farm Stadium. Inviting members of the Church to help “gather Israel on both sides of the veil," the devotional was the largest Church gathering in the state's history. Here’s what that visit meant to members of the Church who were able to attend the devotional, or who were watching from where it was broadcast live.
February 11, 2019
Prophet Pens Op-Ed for the Arizona Republic in Advance of His Visit (LDS Newsroom) (February 11, 2019) President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold a devotional at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for an estimated 68,000 members and friends of the faith on February 10, 2019. President Nelson’s historic visit is believed to be the single largest gathering of Latter-day Saints in Arizona and among the largest crowds to hear a president of the Church. He will be accompanied by President Dallin H. Oaks, who is one of his counselors in the faith’s First Presidency.
Viewpoints: LDS president urges spirituality in an increasingly secular world during Phoenix-area visit (Arizona Central) (February 11, 2019) Editor's note: LDS President Russell M. Nelson wrote this piece as part of his visit to the Valley on Feb. 10.
My wife, Wendy, and I visited Paradise, California, last month to meet with and comfort those affected by the horrific Camp Fire that left as many as 86 dead and destroyed more than 18,000 structures last November.
When we planned our visit, we had no way of knowing that just 40 hours prior to our leaving, we would lose our daughter Wendy to cancer.
We flew to California with heavy hearts.
Argentina Missionary Training Center to Close in July (LDS Newsroom) (February 11, 2019) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced it will close its missionary training center located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, effective July 2019. Plans for future use of the facilities will be determined in coordination with local leaders. Following the closure, missionaries who would have attended this center will be trained in the Mexico and Brazil MTCs.
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