October 16, 2025, 3:32 PM MDT
President Dallin H. Oaks was installed Tuesday, October 14, as the 18th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
His life, example, and leadership have been captured in many church news videos. These videos, often filmed with his wife, Sister Kristen M. Oaks, share his experiences, teachings, and testimony of the Savior.
See below.
President Oaks Reflects on the Teachings of Women in His Life
In this Church news video titled “Women’s Teachings,” President Oaks details the influence of her mother and grandmother on her childhood following the death of her father.
The influence of women in his life continued with his wife, Sister June Oakes, and after her death, his wife, Sister Kristen Oakes.
“The most important teachers I have had in the areas of Church doctrine, ministry, and family responsibilities have been women, comparable to the prophets of the Church,” President Oaks said.
What President Oaks has learned over 90 years
President Oaks celebrated his 90th birthday on August 12, 2022.
In this Church news video titled “Celebrating 90 Years,” President Oaks shares some of the lessons he has learned over the past 90 years.
President Oaks talks about his youth, education, career as a lawyer, and calling as an Apostle of Jesus Christ.
President Oaks speaks about planting the Church in the Philippines
As an apostle serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Oaks had the “unusual assignment” of moving to the Philippines and overseeing the ministry there.
President Oaks served as the Church’s Philippines Area President from 2002 to 2004.
In this church news video entitled “Planting the Church,” President and Sister Oaks share their love for the Philippines.
When President Oaks experienced his “greatest learning period”
“I often tell people that my greatest period of growth as an apostle was the two years I spent in the Philippines,” President Oaks said. “I had never served as a bishop, stake president, mission president, or full-time missionary.”
In this Church news video titled “The Greatest Age of Learning,” President and Sister Oaks look back on those days.
When President Oaks was in the Philippines, Sister Oaks said, “He really taught from the heart.”
What President and Mrs. Oaks Learned About the Strength and Influence of Women in the Philippines
President Oaks returned to the Philippines on Sunday, April 28, to dedicate the Urdaneta Philippines Temple.
The Temple of Urdaneta was the third house of the Lord in the Philippines.
In this Church news video titled “We Are So Grateful,” President and Sister Oaks discuss their observations about the strength and influence of Filipino women.
Teaching women, he said, “was the only way to advance my work.”
President and Sister Oaks talk about the blessings of “filling the temple”
“It’s a wonderful thing to be back to dedicate a temple,” President Oaks said days before dedicating the Urdaneta Philippines Temple.
In this Church news video entitled “Filling the Temple,” President and Mrs. Oaks testify to the need to not only build temples, but also to fill them.
President Oaks said that as more temples are being built around the world, members of the Church need to be “more diligent in teaching the doctrines of the Church, temple covenants, and worthiness.”
President Oaks calls temples “great symbols of the continuity of life”
Speaking from the Rome Italy Temple Visitor Center, President Oaks called the temple “a great symbol of the continuity of life.”
In this Church news video titled “The Meaning of the Temple,” President Oaks recalls attending the dedication of the Rome Temple with other senior Church leaders.
He was filled with elation that the church “was able to build a temple in this great city that is the stronghold of Christianity throughout the world.”
finding a compromise on religious freedom
President Oaks delivered the keynote address at the 2022 Notre Dame Religious Freedom Summit in Rome, Italy on July 20, 2022.
President Oaks called for a “global effort to protect and advance the religious freedom of all God’s children in all countries of the world” and proposed measures to promote religious freedom.
This Church news video, titled “Understanding Religious Freedom,” features President Oaks’ appeal to find compromise on this important issue.
Faith unites us all and preserves, protects, restores and defends religious freedom
Faith, legal, academic and government leaders gathered in Rome, Italy for the 2022 Notre Dame Religious Freedom Summit. They said those who value religious freedom should unite arms to preserve, protect, restore, and defend religious freedom in the United States and around the world.
This church news video, titled “Religious Freedom Around the World,” features interviews with leading champions of this cause.
“The most effective expression of religious freedom is in defense of people of faith and of no faith,” President Oaks said.
President Oaks says in Rome: ‘We are all descendants of refugees’
While in Rome, Italy, in July 2022, President Oaks said he respects and believes that members of the Church can help and improve the lives of many refugees.
The Joel Nahma Refugee Center is located in the Episcopal Church’s St. Paul’s Within the Walls building in Rome, Italy, and serves refugees with support from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other organizations.
This Church news video, titled “Descendants of Refugees,” features President Oaks, several refugees in Rome, and those working to help them become self-sufficient in their new country.
What the ‘Forgotten Man’ painting means to President Oaks
When President Oaks was president of Brigham Young University (1971-1980), there was a painting in the school’s collection that he said “spoke to my heart.”
Maynard Dixon’s “The Forgotten Man” depicts a man down on his luck, sitting on the ground while others walk around him.
“Yet you can see the sun shining on his head,” President Oaks said in a Church news video titled “The Forgotten.” “His Heavenly Father knows he’s there.”
President Oaks explains how diverse perspectives strengthen the Council
President Oaks said, “The Lord organizes the Church in a special way, and that’s how councils come into being.”
President Oaks was interviewed as part of the Church News Internal Church Headquarters series and is featured in this Church News video titled “His Council.”
He shared what it is like to serve on the First Presidency Council, each with different perspectives and backgrounds.
Where can I find church news videos?
Longer Church News videos are available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese at TheChurchNews.com/videos, in the video section of the Church News app, and on the Church News YouTube channel. Short videos, such as shorts and reels, are available on the Church News YouTube channel and Church News social media accounts.
