Mormon temple

Major changes to Mormon temple ceremony, especially for women

By Jana Riess — January 3, 2019
Mormon temple rituals have been updated to reflect a greater focus on gender equality, among other changes.

Hallelujah! Mormon women’s garments just got a lot better

By Jana Riess — March 14, 2018
(RNS) — Mormon sisters, if you have ever dared to dream of a Goldilocks Garment that would neither dwarf you with its saggy enormity nor confine your bosoms to a relentless straitjacket, you might try this new stretch cotton version.

‘Mormon Families Are Forever’ shouldn’t be a threat

By Jana Riess — October 12, 2017
Guest blogger Mette Harrison offers 4 ways the idea of eternal families may not be good news for everyone -- especially when it's used as a tool to bludgeon the non-believing.

In the shadow of St. Peter’s, a Mormon temple rises

By Josephine McKenna — June 8, 2017
ROME (RNS) The LDS church has an estimated 26,000 members in Italy; its members are young and they're growing.

The Mormon temple wedding photo game

By Jana Riess — May 16, 2017
Mormons too often judge each other's righteousness just by glancing at clothing choices, hairstyles, and piercings -- and guest blogger Mette Harrison has had enough of this superficial judgmentalism.

Baptizing Mom

By Jana Riess — June 13, 2016
Two weeks ago, I was baptized for my mother in an LDS temple, and it was one of the most beautiful spiritual experiences I've ever had.

My daughter isn’t a Mormon anymore

By Jana Riess — January 23, 2015
"I honor my daughter’s choice to become an atheist," says guest blogger Mette Ivie Harrison. "She has already taught me a lot in her life and I suspect she will teach me still more."

Bishop apologizes for calling Harry Reid unfit to enter Mormon temples

By Peggy Fletcher Stack — November 10, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormon Bishop Mark Paredes said Democrats’ support for same-sex marriage and abortion rights runs in opposition to the church’s positions

12 myths about Mormonism

By Peggy Fletcher Stack — November 5, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) All those stories about Mitt Romney's White House bid and his Mormon faith educated millions of observant Americans about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Still, some “understandings” remain misunderstandings — and many views of the religion continue to be skewed, exaggerated or flat-out wrong. Here are 12 persistent myths about Mormonism. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.

Mormon blogger faces excommunication over temples, not Romney

By Peggy Fletcher Stack — September 24, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A Mormon blogger who has written critical web essays about Mormon history, temple worship and contemporary issues -- including about GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney -- is facing church discipline for “apostasy.” By Peggy Fletcher Stack.

French Mormons find a less hospitable ‘Mormon moment’

By Tracy Gordon — February 15, 2012

CHESNAY, France (RNS) With 36,000 members and a history stretching back to the1850s, France's Mormon community is among the biggest and oldest in Europe. But while Mormons in the U.S. bask in the so-called "Mormon moment," French Mormons are facing stiff opposition in their bid to build the country's first Mormon temple. By Elizabeth Bryant.

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