After Joseph Smith’s death in 1844, the young Mormon Church faced chaos, betrayal, and the question of who would lead next. This documentary explores how Brigham Young and later prophets rebuilt the ...

SALT LAKE CITY— Gordon B. Hinckley was remembered as a “prophet to the people” on Saturday as tens of thousands of faithful Mormons gathered to say goodbye to the church’s longtime president. The ...

Latter-day Saints routinely raise their hands to support their church leaders — from the faith's president down to bishops ...

Thomas S. Monson, president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Tuesday night at the age of 90. In a statement, church spokesman Eric Hawkins wrote that Monson died at ...

A global church that traces its roots to Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr. is poised to select a woman to lead it next weekend. Delegates at Community of Christ's world conference in Independence, Mo., ...

Elder Takashi Wada of the Seventy invited the campus community to learn from Book of Mormon prophets, learn of Christ and develop Christlike charity at the BYU devotional on Oct. 15. Elder Wada said ...

The new temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints got a bit taller Thursday afternoon. Motorists cruising down Skyline Drive will now see a 9-foot-tall golden statue of an angel, ...

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