SALT LAKE CITY – Top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints paid tribute on Wednesday to President Russell M. Nelson.

President Nelson, who led the church since 2018, died over the weekend at age 101.

During the hour-long broadcast, which originated from the Tabernacle on Temple Square, President Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles – who is expected to succeed President Nelson as leader of the worldwide faith – shared his experience visiting the late prophet at his home two days before he died.

“We expressed our love for him, our dearest friend, and gave him assurances that we were carrying on with the decisions he had made,” President Oaks said. “He smiled and tried hard to communicate with us. Words were difficult, but his efforts and his smile

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