Story thread · 2 reports / 1 sources

This country now has the second-largest population of Latter-day Saints

deseret.com · 3hShare

This article is an excerpt from the weekly ChurchBeat newsletter . Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. President Dallin H. Oaks deliberately chose Brazil as the first international destination of his presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Why did he travel there Sunday to dedicate a temple when he could have chosen any of more than half-a-dozen other locations? One reason may be that Brazil recently surpassed Mexico as the country with the second-largest population of Latter-day Saints, according to official church statistics : Latter-day Saint prophet dedicates new temple in Brazil, as a second temple is dedicated in Ohio United States : 6,929,770 members. Brazil : 1,573,360. Mexico : 1,572,287. Philippines : 905,082. “I was eager to come to Brazil, to any city, because I esteem the nation so highly,” President Oaks said, answering the question directly in an interview with Brazil’s SBT News . “We have a list of six or eight te

First report: Opinion: I almost protested a Latter-day Saint Temple. Then I entered one — deseret.com, 2d