New Asian-American, Brazilian apostles make Mormon history
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) " The Mormon church made history and injected diversity into a top leadership panel on Saturday by selecting the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry.The selections of Ulisses Soares of Brazil and Gerrit W. Gong, a Chinese-American, were announced at the start of a twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.They join a panel called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that, before [...]
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