Washington • Sen. Orrin Hatch spent this week visiting Portugal and Germany, meeting their heads of state and mixing in a visit to an LDS temple under construction and laying a wreath at a former concentration camp with a top Mormon church leader.
In Germany, Hatch, along with Dieter Uchtdorf, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“I am grateful to Chancellor Merkel for inviting me to Germany and giving me the personal honor to mark our shared history and partnership together,” Hatch said in a statement.