Mormons hold signature conference virtually due to pandemic

For the first time in more than 70 years, top leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will deliver speeches at the faith's signature conference this weekend without an in-person audience in the latest illustration of how the coronavirus pandemic is altering worship practices around the world.The twice-yearly conference normally brings some 100,000 people to the church conference center in Salt Lake City to attend five sessions over two days.Leaders from the Utah-based faith