Correct Answer: The priest said that death is inevitable.

Solution : The second option is the correct choice.

Reported speech, or indirect speech, is the form of speech used to convey what was said by someone at some point in time.

The steps of conversion are as follows:

• There would be no change in the reporting verb.
• There would be no change in the tense of the reported clause, as the given sentence is the universal truth.
• The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.

Therefore, the correct answer is: "The priest said that death is inevitable."