April 9, 2012

A First & Last Look Inside This Mormon Temple

Marrapodi & Todd, CNN Belief

Elder William Walker slipped white booties over his black wing-tip shoes and instructed his guests to do the same as he led them into the newest Mormon temple in the world.

This day was the first chance the public had to see inside the sacred space for the area’s 49,000 Mormons, and it was also one of the last.

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