Provo • In too many nations and for too many people, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said Thursday, the scourges of poverty, abuse, malnutrition, disease, human trafficking and terror are still the rule rather than the exception.
Speaking at the commencement ceremony for Brigham Young University, Holland — a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — told graduates he is counting on them to be “consumed with conviction” to better their lives and the lives of others.
“If correcting all the world’s ills seems a daunting task, so be it,” Holland told the graduating assembled at BYU’s Marriott Center.