News Release

Apostle Speaks at Historic Religious Freedom Event in Brazil 

Elder Christofferson encourages Brazilian interfaith group to hold fast to the freedoms they enjoy

Elder D. Todd Christofferson told an interfaith group in Brazil — a country recognized by the Pew Research Center as a global leader in religious liberty protections — that "religious freedom is the cornerstone of peace in a world with many competing philosophies."

This is because religious freedom "gives us all space to determine for ourselves what we think and believe — to follow the truth that God speaks to our hearts."

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