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LDS Leader Issues Another Apology For Remarks On Race

LDS Leader Issues Another Apology For Remarks On Race

(Edmonton) — A leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is issuing another apology for remarks he made related to race. Last week, Brad Wilcox of the Young Men general presidency spoke at a youth conference in Alpine and suggested LDS members should reframe questions related to […]

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LDS General Conference To Feature Some In-Person Attendance

LDS General Conference To Feature Some In-Person Attendance

(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will bring back members for in-person attendance at General Conference for April 2nd and 3rd. The Church’s First Presidency announced today they will allow for limited attendance at the Conference Center due to the construction taking place […]

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LDS Leader Apologizes For Comments About Race

LDS Leader Apologizes For Comments About Race

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issues an apology after comments he made about race went viral on social media. The comments captured on a Zoom recording during a youth fireside showed Young Men General Presidency second counselor Brad Wilcox. […]

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Lawsuit appealed over Mormon church use of donations

Lawsuit appealed over Mormon church use of donations

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — James Huntsman is persisting in his argument that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints used donations the church solicited for charity for commercial purposes. Huntsman, a member of one of Utah’s most prominent families, is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

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BYU To Require Temple Recommendations For New LDS Hires

BYU To Require Temple Recommendations For New LDS Hires

(Provo, UT) – Brigham Young University is adding a new requirement for incoming employees who are practicing members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The LDS Church-owned school will require new workers to also hold a current temple recommend, but the requirement is not retroactive to current […]

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LDS Missionaries Moved Out Of Ukraine

LDS Missionaries Moved Out Of Ukraine

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is moving its missionaries out of Ukraine. The Church said yesterday that it was moving missionaries out of the Eastern European country as a precaution. Some of the missionaries will be assigned to other European countries, while […]

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COVID outbreak reported at Mormon missionary training center

COVID outbreak reported at Mormon missionary training center

PROVO, Utah (AP) — An outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-ay Saints’ main training center for missionaries in Provo, Utah. The Provo Missionary Training Center requires all missionaries to be fully vaccinated and also conducts COVID-19 testing, several missionaries tested positive this […]

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Mormon billionaire leaves faith, rebukes LGBTQ rights stance

Mormon billionaire leaves faith, rebukes LGBTQ rights stance

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advertising-technology billionaire has formally resigned his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and rebuked the faith over social issues and LGBTQ rights in an unusual public move. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Jeff T. Green has pledged to donate 90% […]

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Ex-doctor accused of terrorist threat against Mormon church

Ex-doctor accused of terrorist threat against Mormon church

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former doctor whose medical license was revoked in 2019 has been accused in Las Vegas of making a false terrorist threat against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Isaac Hearne was arrested last […]

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LDS Church Leader Calls For Acts Of Service During The Holiday

LDS Church Leader Calls For Acts Of Service During The Holiday

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Leaders for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are calling on members to perform acts of service during the Christmas season. In a video message, Church President Russell M. Nelson says that “some are still waiting for the lights to come on again” […]

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