LDS President Dies

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints reported:

President James E. Faust Passes Away

SALT LAKE CITY 10 August 2007 President James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at his home early Friday morning surrounded by his family.

President Faust, 87, had served in the First Presidency since 1995 and as a General Authority of the Church for 35 years. A Church statement today said that President Faust had died of “causes incident to age.”

The funeral will be held on Tuesday in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square.

President Faust was appointed second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 12 March 1995. The First Presidency is the highest presiding body in the government of the Church…

He served as a member of the Utah Legislature from 1949 to 1951, as an advisor to the American Bar Journal, and president of the Utah Bar Association in 1962-1963…President John F. Kennedy appointed him to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in 1962.

While this is not COG news per se, I noticed that many in the COGs have questions about the Mormons.

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