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Here\u2019s an updated account from Tad Walch, for the Deseret News<\/em>:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n You will notice the way the Catholic video ends on a critical note. \u00a0It\u2019s interesting to contrast its tone with the tone of President Nelson\u2019s remarks in the official Latter-day Saint video that\u2019s available at the Church\u2019s \u201cNewsroom\u201d:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cProphet Meets Pope Francis at the Vatican\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n This is really quite a remarkable testimony. \u00a0I don\u2019t personally recall ever hearing anything like it from the wife of a president of the Church. \u00a0It lasts about three minutes, and I hope that you\u2019ll watch it:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cVideo: Sister Wendy Nelson shares her personal witness of President Russell M. Nelson\u2019s prophetic ministry\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n One of the Interpreter Foundation\u2019s vice presidents, Dr. Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw<\/a>, is back over in Africa to help with this:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cKinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple Opens to the Public\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Did you realize, by the way, that Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world? \u00a0Paris is the largest, with approximately 12.2 million residents. \u00a0But Kinshasa has roughly 9-10 million (and perhaps even a little more), making it larger than any city in France other than Paris. \u00a0And if you add in Brazzaville, the capital city of the separate Republic of the Congo, which sits directly across the Congo River and has a population of at least 1.8 million, the combined conurbation of Brazzaville-Kinshasa has something on the order of 12 million residents. \u00a0In other words, Paris may already have been eclipsed as the largest Francophone city in the world \u2014 and, if it hasn\u2019t yet been, it probably soon will be.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Did I already share this? \u00a0I can\u2019t remember. \u00a0In any case, it won\u2019t hurt if I repeat it:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Latter-day Saints Around the World Country Newsroom Websites March 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n She just passed away:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018I just want to be a 100-year-old missionary\u2019: Nellie Leighton continues to serve 20 years after she was shot in the Family History Library\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n An amazing woman.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If John Dehlin has influenced you or someone you know to doubt the claims of the Restoration, it\u2019s time to do a little rethinking on that score. \u00a0Here\u2019s yet another entry on a new website that examines how far he can be relied upon:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWas Steel Known in Nephi\u2019s Day?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n