EP 566 – Willard, in the Observatory, with the Candlestick

Welcome to another great week of Latter-day Saint news and commentary. Devin Thorpe is now a Floridian after abandoning the Silicon Slopes. Let's check in with him and see how things are in the Sunshine State. But also, the news!

Latter-day Saint News

* Kiribati goes into lockdown after Church-chartered flight is two-third infected with COVID-19

* Tonga, the most LDS country in the world, receives aid from the Church after volcanic eruption

* With COVID reducing capacity in temples, make your appointments early

* The bizarre documentary, Who Killed Joseph Smith?, posits that Joseph's own best friends actually murdered him

Who Killed Joseph Smith? from Justin Griffin on Vimeo.

* A new real documentary chronicles the experiences of four missionaries in Finland

* President Nelson lifts the spirits of European Latter-day Saints

* Missionaries pulled from Ukraine

* Muslims and Latter-day Saints booklet

* Giving Machine donations totaled nearly $6 million in 2021

* Push for long hair in men at BYU

* Dept. of Education probes BYU over alleged Title IX violations

* Jana Riess on the Top 10 changes under President Nelson

* RootsTech is happening in March

* Utah's pro-COVID state legislature

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