The Mormon church made history and injected diversity into a top leadership panel on Saturday. The church selected the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry.
The selections of Ulisses Soares of Brazil and Gerrit W. Gong were announced at the start of a twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Gong is a Chinese-American.
They join a panel called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.