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After two years and four straight gatherings of practically all-virtual sessions, General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints returned Saturday to normal — or at least halfway normal.
Some 10,000 people will be permitted to attend each of the five sessions over the next two days — filling about 50% of the 21,000-seat capacity at the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City. Masks were optional as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions continued to relax. Few if any attendees donned face coverings Saturday morning. Top church leaders, who in the four previous conferences wore masks, also went without them. They also were not spaced apart as they had been during those prior gatherings amid the height of the coronavirus crisis.
Latter-day Saints across the globe in the 16.6 million-member faith will tune in remotely to hear sermons, receive instructions and watch for announcements from their top church leaders, including 97-year-old President
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