Gordon Monson: What if LDS apostles elected the next prophet? Let the white smoke blow from Moroni’s trumpet.

Gordon Monson: What if LDS apostles elected the next prophet? Let the white smoke blow from Moroni’s trumpet.

Having observed from afar the happenings at the Vatican over recent days as a new pontiff was elected, and having undergone the intense rope-a-pope tutorial that came by way of reading up on the subject and watching the film “Conclave,” it became apparent that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints might learn — or pilfer — a thing or two from the Catholic Church when it comes to the transfer of power at the top.