For many Latter-day Saints with family ties to Puerto Rico or Mexico, even a quick phone, text or email is being called a blessing.
For newer members of the LDS Church a general conference without the church president's attendance may be something new. Older, more tenured church members will remember frequent times when poor health kept the prophet away.
A Muslim liberal arts college that offers subjects such as Islamic law alongside courses in math and philosophy has bought a former seminary campus for its undergraduate program.
