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  • This week in Church history

    With President Spencer W. Kimball in ill health, his second counselor, President Gordon B. Hinckley, presided over the dedication of two temples and the groundbreaking for another in early August 1983.
    Published: Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008

  • This week in Church history

    Royalty were among those to visit the Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple on the first day of its open house, according to the July 24, 1983, Church News.
    Published: Saturday, July 12, 2008

  • Highlights of a major year in Church news

    For the first time in 25 years, a counselor in the First Presidency died while in office. President James E. Faust, second counselor to President Gordon B. Hinckley for 12 years and a General Authority for 35 years, died Aug. 10, 2007, at age 87 at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah.
    Published: Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007

  • 'Treasure that lasts'

    A young couple who loses their only child to death leaves their native Tonga and embarks on a long journey in search of treasure. They travel to Tahiti, New Zealand, Hawaii, Samoa and Fiji before returning home.
    Published: Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007

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Published: Saturday, Nov. 18, 1989

A group of high-ranking Chinese educators visited Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Council of the Twelve in his office in the Church Administration Building Nov. 10, and received a copy of a set of LDS...