Summary of news, speeches and announcements from Sunday's sessions of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Apostle Dieter Uchtdorf reaches out to today’s “prodigal” members; Dallin Oaks lauds an “irrevocable” family proclamation; and Ulisses Soares denounces prejudice.
Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, left, and Henry B. Eyring, second counselor, are seated before the start of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Church President Russell M. Nelson, who usually sits in the middle, was not present for the conference because of health.
W. Christopher Waddell, first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, bemoaned members who revere “politicians, bloggers, influencers, athletes or musicians,” causing them “to lose sight of what is truly essential.”Apostle Ulisses Soares spoke eloquently of the dangers of prejudice and discrimination. Officials and attendees raise their hands in support of church leaders during General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, with wife Kristen, waves to attendees after General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.
As Latter-day Saints “align their hearts and minds” with the knowledge that they are all equal under God and are endowed with the same divine heritage, the apostle said, “we will flow in our own way, as does the water of the Iguazu Falls, without losing the divine connection that identifies us as a peculiar people, the children of Christ and heirs to the kingdom of God.” General authority Seventy Alan T. Phillips speaks at General Conference on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.
Carlos A. Godoy of the Presidency of the Seventy spoke directly to Latter-day Saints who have stepped away from church activity or have grown lax in their adherence to the faith’s teachings. Doing so, the Brazilian warned, jeopardized their family’s eternal status and risked robbing future generations of “the protection and the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ in their lives.”
In recent years, the Utah-based church has faced increasing scrutiny in regards to its wealth, with some observers and experts estimating it could reach aThe only “permanent solution to the poverty of this world,” Andersen said, “is the gospel of Jesus Christ.” It can be tempting, warned Waddell, first counselor in the church’s Presiding Bishopric, “to turn to society’s ‘heroes’ in an effort to provide clarity to life when it may seem confusing or overwhelming.”
After the son took his inheritance and left his father’s house, Uchtdorf said, “had there been social media in that time, surely, he would have filled pages with animated photos of laughing friends — #Livingmybestlife! #Neverhappier! #Shouldhavedonethislongago! But the party did not last — it rarely does.”
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