Mormon president urges gratitude to deal with trying 2020

Mormon president urges gratitude to deal with trying 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is calling on members to flood social media over Thanksgiving week with messages of gratitude in what he hopes will serve as a healing tool as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, racism and a lack of civility. Russell M. Nelson said Friday in a recorded speech posted online that the COVID-19 pandemic is a great concern to him as “a man of science and faith” but not his only worry. The 96-year-old is a former heart surgeon.