Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf touches the arm of President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as he walks by before the afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf touches the arm of President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as he walks by before the afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Amy Ortiz
Caitlin Keith
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By Amy Ortiz, Caitlin Keith, Sarah Jane Weaver, Aaron Shill
Reporters and editors cover general conference from the Conference Center and Deseret News newsroom in downtown Salt Lake City.

The 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has concluded.

The death of President Russell M. Nelson launched an apostolic interregnum, marking the first conference led by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since 1951.

Church leaders shared messages of “new beginnings” and the “divine gift” of forgiveness during the first day.

See our coverage of the Sunday sessions below.

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Melyssa Silva, Raiane Dias, Maduh Sasi and Debora Lopes take a photo as they and other conference attendees make their way in for the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, is seated on the stand of the Conference Center before the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference.
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Elder Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, is seated on the stand in the Conference Session before the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 5, 2025. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf touches the arm of President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as he walks by before the afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.
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Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf touches the arm of President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as he passes berfore the afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, shakes hands and scrunches his face at his wife, Sister Kristen M. Oaks, as he takes his place on the stand for afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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The Tabernacle Choir sings the first hymn of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, takes his place on the stand for the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, takes his place on the stand for the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Godgift Opah, of Nigeria, watches as other conference attendees make their way in for the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Conference attendees make their way in for the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, opens the Sunday morning session of 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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The Tabernacle Choir sings the first hymn of the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Attendees watch as the Tabernacle Choir sings the first hymn of the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder Patrick Kearon, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, waves to conferencegoers as he exits at the end of the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus, second counselor in the Young Women general presidency, speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Conferencegoers listen to Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus, second counselor in the Young Women general presidency, during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder Henry B. Eyring, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, Sister Kristen M. Oaks, wave as they exit following the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Elder Ulisses Soares, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Choir Director Mack WIlberg conducts the Tabernacle Choir during the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Elder Ronald A. Rasband, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, points as he exits at the end of the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder Neil L. Andersen, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, waves as he exits at the end of the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, motions for the audience to sit at the start of the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Members of the Tabernacle Choir look on during the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder B. Corey Cuvelier, General Authority Seventy, speaks during the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, shakes hands with Elder Brook P. Hales, a General Authority Seventy, at the end of the morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Elder Henry B. Eyring of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 5, 2025.
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Elder Henry B. Eyring of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 5, 2025. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Elder Patrick Kearon, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, Sister Jennifer Kearon, point into the crowd as they exit following the morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Elder Gerrit W. Gong, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, waves to conferencegoers as he exits at the end of the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder Ulisses Soares, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 5, 2025.
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 5, 2025. | Screenshot from the Church’s YouTube channel
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President Dallin H. Oaks, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, takes his place on the stand for the Sunday morning session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Conferencegoers listen to the Tabernacle Choir during the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Conferencegoers leave the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, Katherine Jacob Christofferson, exit following the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Elder Quentin L. Cook, left, and Elder D. Todd Christofferson, both of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, talk prior to the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News
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Attendees stand and sing during a rest hymn during the afternoon session of the 195th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

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