SALT LAKE CITY – The opening day of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has concluded.

The event brought tens of thousands of church members downtown on a rainy day to hear messages of hope and faith.

As the conference began Saturday morning, Latter-day Saint leaders noted the unusual nature of this particular gathering. It comes just days after President Russell M. Nelson, who led the worldwide faith since 2018, died at age 101.

“This is the first time in about 75 years that a church president has died a few days before a general conference,” said President Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, greets his wife, Sister Kristen M. Oaks, at t

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