Latter-day Saints believe in the ‘sanctity of human life,’ says church leader

As followers of Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints believe in the “sanctity of human life,” no matter whose it is and what they believe, said a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as he spoke Sunday in a building just minutes from where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated .

“Life and death are sacred,” he said, “and it must be left to God to give or to take away.”

Acknowledging the “heaviness of the moment,” General Authority Seventy Elder Steven D. Shumway and his wife, Sister Heidi Shumway, took turns addressing the large group of young adults gathered Sunday for a previously scheduled devotional at the Utah Valley Institute of Religion. Together, they sought to teach listeners how they may find hope and peace in times of turmoil.