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Mormon conference to highlight church's international mark; 1st non-English speech anticipated

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    FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2014, file photo, shows flowers blooming in front of the Salt Lake Temple in Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The expanding international footprint of the Mormon church will be on display this weekend starting Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, during a conference that brings 100,000 members to Salt Lake City to listen to guidance and inspiration from church leaders. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (The Associated Press)

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    This April 5, 2013 photo, a Mormon's women group pushing the church to allow women in the priesthood march to Temple Square during the two-day Mormon church conference in Salt lake City. The expanding international footprint of the Mormon church will be on display this weekend starting Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, during a conference that brings 100,000 members to Salt Lake City to listen to guidance and inspiration from church leaders. Thousands of the attendees will be coming from countries outside the U.S., and it is widely anticipated that one of this weekend's speakers will deliver an address in a language other than English. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - In this April 5, 2014, file photo, shows members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing during the opening session of the two-day Mormon church conference, in Salt Lake City. The expanding international footprint of the Mormon church will be on display this weekend starting Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, during a conference that brings 100,000 members to Salt Lake City to listen to guidance and inspiration from church leaders. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) (The Associated Press)

SALT LAKE CITY – The expanding international footprint of the Mormon church will be on display this weekend during a conference that brings 100,000 members to Salt Lake City to listen to guidance and inspiration from church leaders.

Thousands of the attendees will be coming from countries outside the U.S., and it is widely anticipated that one of this weekend's speakers will deliver an address in a language other than English.

That would mark a first in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' biannual general conference. Church leaders recently announced that option was available to speakers.

More than half of the faith's 15 million members reside outside the United States. With more than 1 million Mormons each, Brazil and Mexico are the non-U.S. countries with the most members.