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Editor’s note:   highlights recent messages from General Authorities, General Officers, and leaders of the Church. This story may be updated throughout the week. As troubling world events continue to swirl, Church leaders are sharing messages on optimism and endurance. Elder Quentin L. Cook teaches how we can live on “the sunny side of the street,” and Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf reminds us that no matter how dark the night, the sun will always rise again. Sisters Michelle D. Craig and Becky Craven (in separate posts) both used Doctrine and Covenants 64:33–34 to encourage members to �...

The Daily Universe President Russell M. Nelson receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 19. (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Russell M. Nelson and his wife received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine along with seven other General Authorities and their wives. A statement released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Jan. 19 says “the Church urges its members, employees and missionaries to be good global citizens and help quell the pandemic by safeguarding themselves and others through immunization.” President Nelson said in ...

In a letter to leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States and Canada, President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, encouraged leaders to look for ways to reconnect with youth in 2021 through local ward or stake youth conferences and Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood camps. The For the Strength of Youth (FSY) conferences (gatherings of teenagers from dozens of congregations) are postponed in the United States and Canada until 2022. Congregational leaders should hold youth conferences and camps on a smaller (and, if n...

INTERVIEW: Building up Saudi Arabia’s defenses Frank Kane https://arab.news/6wtnd Saudi Arabia spends more on defense than all but a few other countries, but until now it has imported virtually all of its military equipment from abroad. Walid Abu Khalid aims to change that completely and irrevocably. Abu Khalid, with a long career in the international defense industry, is CEO of Saudi Arabia Military Industries (SAMI), the company charged with expanding the Kingdom’s indigenous defense industry, with the goal of localizing at least 50 percent of supply by 2030. That is ...