LDS church
Carrie Sheffield’s journey to forgiveness after childhood in cultlike family
By Kathryn Post — March 5, 2024
(RNS) — In ‘Motorhome Prophecies,’ Sheffield chronicles her path toward forgiving her father, a self-declared Mormon prophet.
Asexual Latter-day Saints face an added dilemma: Finding their place in a tradition focused on marriage
By Loretta LeMaster and ben Brandley — December 7, 2022
(The Conversation) — Recent years have put more attention on LGBTQ people’s struggle for acceptance in the LDS church, but asexual Latter-day Saints face unique challenges.
Mormon leaders and the fear of apologizing
By Jana Riess — October 14, 2022
(RNS) — The inability to apologize is damning to us spiritually, as a church, in that it impedes our progress. There is so much freedom in being able to say ‘I messed up and I am so sorry.’
Utah’s Pioneer Day celebrates Mormons’ trek west – but there’s a lot more to the history of Latter-day Saints and migration
By Jeffrey Turner — July 22, 2022
(The Conversation) — The Utah holiday is a reflection of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ slowly changing identity, a historian of Mormonism and migration writes.
Oh, now I get it: Purging the word ‘Mormon’ is a bid for the mainstream
By Jana Riess — July 14, 2022
(RNS) — I’m still not a fan of the attempt to purge ‘Mormon’ from our vocabularies, but it makes sense as a piece of the larger assimilation puzzle.
Harry Reid remembered as a fighter, skilled Senate dealmaker
By Ken Ritter and Laurie Kellman — December 29, 2021
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Reid died Tuesday at 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Elder Holland’s BYU speech is for a university of yesteryear
By Jana Riess — August 25, 2021
(RNS) — As BYU looks forward to the second half of its second century, erasing difference and implicitly upholding one particular social location as normative for everyone won’t equip students to succeed in a diverse world.
A Mormon walks into a megachurch
By Jana Riess — May 26, 2021
(RNS) — Five things Latter-day Saints can learn from Crossroads, one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in America.
Latter-day Saint Charities donates $20 million to UNICEF’s Covid vaccination campaign
By Jana Riess — February 27, 2021
The donation is the single-largest gift from any private organization so far in UNICEF's efforts to fight the pandemic.
Mormon leaders and the erosion of traditional power
By Jana Riess — January 29, 2021
(RNS) — What’s at stake when conservative Latter-day Saints begin to see following the prophet as a matter of individual conscience on an issue-by-issue basis?
Top Mormon leaders get Covid vaccine and urge church members to do the same. Will they?
By Jana Riess — January 20, 2021
Some members are not happy that the LDS Church is taking a very public stand in favor of Covid-19 vaccinations.
Mormon prophet says to ‘flood social media’ with gratitude this Thanksgiving week
By Jana Riess — November 20, 2020
(RNS) — “Counting our blessings is far better than recounting our problems,” LDS President Nelson said.
Student reporters at BYU-Idaho allegedly pressured not to publish negative stories
By Jack Jenkins — November 22, 2019
(RNS) — Student reporters a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints college were told not to 'poke the bear' by publishing stories criticizing school policy, according to a leaked recording of an editorial meeting.
New LDS domain name may spark brand war over ‘Church of Jesus Christ’
By Bob Smietana — April 4, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY — Along with dropping the 'Mormon' nickname, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has changed its website from ldschurch.org to churchofjesuschrist.org.
Mormon church backs deal to allow medical marijuana in Utah
By The Associated Press — October 4, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The agreement in such a conservative state underscores the nation's changing attitude toward marijuana.
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