Clark Gilbert Called as New LDS Apostle & What It Means for the Mormon Church’s Future

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Bill Reel

Religion & Spirituality

4.3 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 142 minutes

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The LDS Church has called Clark G. Gilbert as its newest apostle, and the implications of this decision reach far beyond a single leadership change. At just 55 years old, Gilbert is now positioned to shape the Church for decades to come. Tonight, we break down who Clark Gilbert is, what he said about his… Read More »Clark Gilbert Called as New LDS Apostle & What It Means for the Mormon Church’s Future

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0:00.0	Hi everybody and welcome to another episode of the Mormon newscast. Today's date is February 16th,
0:08.5	2026. I'm Radio Free Mormon. I'll be anchoring this show. I'm joined by my intrepid reporter
0:15.8	colleagues, Rebecca Bibliotheca and Bill Real. How are both of you?
0:24.7	Fantastic. Today is President's Day, isn't it?
0:27.1	Yes. Yes.
0:29.8	And excellent on this end.
0:35.5	It's also the anniversary of the receipt of Section 76 of the Doctrine and Covenants.
0:36.6	By coincidence.
0:40.3	Well, I'm going to have a cupcake just for that.
0:41.0	Okay.
0:45.8	Probably a D&C section on every day of the year at some point, right?
0:47.9	Probably, and I know them all.
0:49.5	Excellent.
0:51.2	All right.
0:54.2	Everybody, everybody, we're going to see what are the top stories tonight.
1:01.1	We have a thumbnail that's featuring our top story, LDS Church's new apostle and why he was called,
1:04.8	and why the other apostles call him Mr. Staypuffed.
1:28.2	Okay, next slide. Let's see, I can do these slides. I'll do these slides since I'm in charge, Bill. Thank you. Top news stories. New Apostle changes everything. B.Y.U football player charged with rape. Morehouse students push back on Joseph Smith painting. Mormon grandpa sent to prison for child sexual abuse.
1:33.1	LDS dad slash GOP leader, allegedly waterboards daughter.
1:39.4	After our conversation, I think we should probably put waterboards in quotation marks,
1:42.9	don't you agree?
1:50.0	Yeah, it's not exactly technically waterboarding, but all of the news outlets are calling it waterboarding. It's more like dunking, like a witch.
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