With the start of fall’s LDS General Conference less than a month away, Mormons everywhere wonder: Will their frail prophet-president speak or even attend?
Slowed by advancing age and declining health, Thomas S. Monson, who turned 90 last month, has stepped away from the day-to-day reins of the global faith, relying instead on his two counselors in the governing First Presidency.
One of those counselors, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, says it’s too early to say whether Monson will be at the twice-yearly conference, which begins Sept. 23 with a women’s meeting and continues Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 from the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City.