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Thomas S. Monson named as new LDS Church president
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He said church leaders "desire to cultivate a spirit of love, kindness and understanding," seeking "always to follow the Savior, who went about doing good."
"I testify that this work in which we're engaged is the Lord's work," President Monson said. "I've felt His sustaining influence."
Latter-day Saints had expected to see President Monson named as the next president, following a pattern of succession in the church that has been established and developed throughout its history and through doctrinal pronouncements in LDS scripture.
At age 80, he is one of the youngest men to become church president in the past quarter century. President Hinckley was 84, and Presidents Howard W. Hunter and Ezra Taft Benson were 86. President Spencer W. Kimball became president Dec. 30, 1973, at the age of 78.
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President Thomas S. Monson, center, has been ordained and set apart as the 16th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the church announced Monday. President Henry B. Eyring, left, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf were named as first and second counselors, respectively, in the First Presidency.
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