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    8 August 2016 | POSTED BY Newsroom Staff

    NZ Herald: Pennsylvania's First Mormon Temple to Open in Philadelphia

    "The Mormon church is offering the general public a rare opportunity to tour its 152nd temple, a first of its kind in Pennsylvania and prominent addition to downtown Philadelphia," according to a report this week in the New Zealand Herald.

    The article continues: "Public tours of the granite temple will run between Wednesday and Sept. 9 near Logan Circle, an open-space park in the city's center, after which it will be dedicated and only church members in good standing will be permitted to walk its halls.

    "'We do not build temples all of the time. To visit is a once in a generation or two experience," said Larry Wilson, executive director of the Mormon church's temple department.

    "Some 80,000 have already registered to tour the space, and Wilson expects to see that number double."

    Read more at the New Zealand Herald.

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