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Article: 16th president of the LDS Church -- President Monson
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2008
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Newly named LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson told reporters
on Monday there will be no abrupt change in the faith's initiatives
or outreach throughout the world, and the church will continue to
work cooperatively with people of other faiths.
President Monson was announced as 16th president of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a morning press conference
at the Church Office Building, a move widely anticipated by Latter-
day Saints after the death of President Gordon B. Hinckley on Jan.
27.
President Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf were
named as first and second counselors, respectively, in the First
Presidency, filing into the building's main lobby ...