“The Book of Mormon is a second witness of Jesus Christ and a manifestation of the truthfulness of the Prophet Joseph Smith. I love the Prophet Joseph. I love President Gordon B. Hinckley, who is the prophet of God and holds all the keys of the kingdom at this time, keys which prophets have held in uninterrupted succession since Joseph Smith.”

German religious leader and former pilot

Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf is a German religious leader and former pilot. He has served in senior leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is the acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Before entering full-time church service, Uchtdorf worked as an aviator and airline executive. He was called as an apostle in 2004 and served as Second Counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency from 2008 until Monson's death in 2018. He is now the third most senior apostle in the church’s ranks.