LDS Church’s General Conference will be virtual for the third straight time

For the third straight time, General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be all-virtual because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.On Thursday, the Utah-based faith announced, as expected, that April’s gathering will follow the pattern set in October, with church leaders speaking from a nearly empty Conference Center Theater in downtown Salt Lake City.Only the speakers for each session (and their spouses) will be present. In the fall, they were socially distan