SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney and Utah state leaders have criticized a large gathering of family and friends who converged at Salt Lake City’s airport to welcome home missionaries even though people are supposed to be keep their distance to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Photos and videos […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — “Modern Family” actor Ty Burrell is stepping in to help people forced out of work by the coronavirus in Salt Lake City while The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is further restricting its missionary activities. The moves came Friday as Utah’s total number […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America in Utah says it is merging three councils into one as the organization adapts to a future without thousands of members that were sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Utah-based faith removed 400,000 young people from […]
General leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints announced Mar. 11 that there will be major changes to the format of their upcoming general conference. In the announcement they stated that they still plan to hold all five sessions of the conference at the Conference Center, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred Brigham Young University students protested Friday afternoon outside church headquarters in Salt Lake City to show their displeasure with a letter this week that clarified that “same-sex romantic behavior” is not allowed on campus. The letter dashed the hopes of many LGBTQ students […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A filing shows The Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints’ largest investment fund had nearly $38 billion at the end of 2019. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the fund submitted the filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 14. A former […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University in Utah says “same-sex romantic behavior” isn’t allowed on campus even under recent changes to its strict code of conduct. The revision dropped a section that banned any behavior reflecting “homosexual feelings.” The university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is postponing a key April meeting of its top global leaders because of the spread of the new virus that originated in China. The faith announced Thursday it is also discouraging many church members who live outside […]
Allegations of fraud against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been referred to a settlement conference by a Utah court. KUTV-TV reports McKenna Denson’s fraud allegations against Provo Missionary Training Center President Joseph L. Bishop and the church were dismissed more than a year ago because the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University in Utah has revised its strict code of conduct to strip a rule that banned any behavior that reflected “homosexual feelings,” which LGBTQ students and their allies felt created an unfair double standard not imposed on heterosexual couples. The university is owned […]
