Major change announced for Mormon General Conferences — one fewer session

The LDS Church’s general women’s session no longer will have to share the General Conference spotlight twice a year with the all-male priesthood gathering.Instead, each of those sessions will take place annually, the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday.This major change means that the semiannual conferences also will be shortened — from six sessions to five.The women’s meeting, which officially became part of conference in 2015, no long