Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile and Peru recently met with government officials in their countries to collaborate in serving the community, enhance understanding and mutual respect, and promote religious freedom.
Chile
Elder Joaquín E. Costa, a General Authority Seventy and president of the Church’s South America South Area, met with Chilean government officials, including Macarena Lobos, minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency; Nicolás Facuse, undersecretary of justice; and other representatives of the National Office of Religious Affairs.
Elder Gabriel Campos, an Area Seventy, and others from the Church’s South America South Area office attended the meeting, which took place at the Church’s headquarters in Santiago in early February, according to the Church’s Chile Newsroom.