During a Church News interview in 1985, President Thomas S. Monson, then second counselor in the First Presidency, told of having been called at age 22 to serve as bishop of the Sixth-Seventh Ward, in which he had grown up in Salt Lake City.

"Why I was called as bishop, I can't tell you," he said during the interview. "Only the Lord would know that."

On Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, that former bishop was introduced at a news media briefing as the 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

No living person is more acquainted with the office of Church president. He has spent the past 22 years in the First Presidency, serving as a counselor to three presidents: second counselor to President Ezra Taft Benson and President Howard W. Hunter and, for nearly 13 years, first counselor to President Gordon B. Hinckley.

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Stories displayed below are sorted by date, most recent at the top of the list and contain at least one reference to President Monson.

• Aaronic Priesthood commemoration: Service teaches young men to think about other people
  
  Published: Saturday, May 20, 2000
• 'Vision without work is daydreaming'
  
  Published: Saturday, May 13, 2000
• 'No longer simply a building'
  
  Published: Saturday, April 29, 2000
• Reno dedicatory prayer: 'No longer simply a building'
  
  Published: Saturday, April 29, 2000
• Facts and figures: Reno Nevada Temple
  
  Published: Saturday, April 29, 2000
• BYU Commencement facts
  
  Published: Saturday, April 29, 2000
• Reno temple: Easter Day dedication brings hope
  
  Published: Saturday, April 29, 2000
• RENO NEVADA: 'No longer simply a building'
  
  Published: Saturday, April 29, 2000
• An enduring testament of the living Christ
  
  Published: Saturday, April 15, 2000
• Sunday morning speakers
  
  Published: Saturday, April 8, 2000
• Sunday afternoon speakers
  
  Published: Saturday, April 8, 2000
• Enlist Divinity in building 'eternal houses'
  
  Published: Saturday, April 8, 2000
• A new center for new century
  
  Published: Saturday, April 8, 2000
• Full text of addresses on Church News conference Web site
  
  Published: Saturday, April 8, 2000
• 'Accomplish miracles in His holy service'
  
  Published: Saturday, April 8, 2000
• Priesthood session speakers
  
  Published: Saturday, April 8, 2000
• Conference capsules
  
  Published: Saturday, April 8, 2000
• LDS leader announces 6 new temples
  
  Published: Monday, April 3, 2000
• LDS leader announces 6 new temples
  Be more tolerant and more neighborly, Pres. Hinckley urges
  
  Published: Sunday, April 2, 2000
• LDS leader announces 6 new temples
  
  Published: Sunday, April 2, 2000
• Elder Wirthlin: Finding a Safe Harbor
  
  Published: Sunday, April 2, 2000
• Womanhood -- the Highest Place of Honor
  
  Published: Saturday, April 1, 2000
• General Young Women Meeting: Standing as witnesses of God
  
  Published: Saturday, April 1, 2000
• Historic general conference to convene
  
  Published: Saturday, April 1, 2000
• Pres. James E. Faust: Womanhood — the Highest Place of Honor
  
  Published: Saturday, April 1, 2000
• It's service that counts -- the Lord's service
  
  Published: Saturday, March 25, 2000
• Dedicatory prayer excerpt: 'Bless the youth in this temple district'
  
  Published: Saturday, March 25, 2000
• Sunday School lesson No. 15
  
  Published: Saturday, March 25, 2000
• It's service that counts — the Lord's service
  
  Published: Saturday, March 25, 2000
• Facts and figures: Louisville Kentucky Temple
  
  Published: Saturday, March 25, 2000
• Grateful saints rejoice despite storm
  
  Published: Saturday, March 25, 2000
• LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY TEMPLE: 'Bless the youth in this temple district'
  
  Published: Saturday, March 25, 2000
• 'Bless the youth in this temple district'
  
  Published: Saturday, March 25, 2000
• A thought from the scriptures
  
  Published: Saturday, March 4, 2000
• Shining Moments: Building fires
  
  Published: Saturday, March 4, 2000
• Marriage and family central to God's plan for His children
  
  Published: Saturday, March 4, 2000
• Juarez Temple is an island of calm in bustling city
  
  Published: Saturday, March 4, 2000
• Broadcast boosts activity
  
  Published: Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000
• Missionary broadcast: 'Home is laboratory of our lives'
  
  Published: Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000
• President Monson to speak during missionary satellite broadcast
  
  Published: Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000
• Scouting: A journey to maturity
  
  Published: Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000
• Model train is monument to Scout's persistence
  
  Published: Saturday, Jan. 22, 2000
• Plaque posted to remember dedication of East Germany
  
  Published: Saturday, Jan. 22, 2000
• First Presidency offers thanks for greetings
  
  Published: Saturday, Jan. 1, 2000
• LDS Church: 1999 in review
  
  Published: Saturday, Dec. 25, 1999
• Center Stage: LDS Church: 1999 in review
  
  Published: Saturday, Dec. 25, 1999
• Service -- a gift to Savior that lasts the year around
  
  Published: Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999
• Honoring the greatest Giver
  
  Published: Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999
• Revelation rewarded those who waited
  
  Published: Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999
• Service — a gift to Savior that lasts the year around
  
  Published: Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999