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In terms of ideology, Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy couldnât…
The latest Religious Freedom Index from Becket reveals that Gen…
The media spotlight shining on Latter-day Saints on television and…
Utah State and the University of Utah were also in…
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Hereâs what you need to know about the new âFor…
The âHarry Potterâ author tweeted that Joseph Smith never showed…
âNow is the time to set aside political motives, malice…
Yeshiva University argues that religious freedom law protects it from…
Police report and an ESPN interview with a Duke volleyball…
The faithâs doctrine, policies and culture work together to provide…
People who regularly attended religious services as children are more…
Historians, experts weigh in on image.
âOur Torah scrolls are really the most important item in…
A new report from Lifeway Research notes that many Americans…
Utah is poised to stage the Olympics again, and to…
âDocuments, Vol. 13â provides information about a kidnapping, letters to…
Teichert believed she had a divine commission to paint the…
See an example of how logistical wizard Barry Anderson got…
The Hong Kong Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ…
Tabernacle Choir principal organist Richard Elliott almost didnât go into…
From Congressional briefings, to corporate offices and even on the…
The latest developments involving faith-based objections to the COVID-19 vaccines…
In new guide on premarital counseling, the pope says chastity…
Two Supreme Court decisions from the 1960s ignited a battle…
Austin and Alta Fifeâs âSaints of Sage and Saddleâ collects…
For generations of would-be attorneys, passing a state bar exam…
Friendship includes positive action, sharing a Jewish Sabbath meal together…
N.Y. Commission of Religious Leaders helped stop a proposal to…
Following graduation, Sarah Merrill is starting 7-year neurosurgery residency at…
Inspiring family history journey featuring actor Anthony Anderson and historian…
The global family history conference will offer both a virtual…
Utah tech mogul Josh Coates has the technological chops and…
An Angel Moroni statue has been placed on the steeple…
An academic study examining the experiences of 10 Latter-day Saints…
Recent tragedies cannot be ignored, and members of the Catholic…
More than 20 years after Trent and Amber Whiting played…
Early reports say two bullets struck the center. Police are…
In an era of contentious politics and journalism, Jack Andersonâs…
Making workplaces religiously diverse and inclusive boosts the bottom line;…
The Clark and Christine Ivory Trust, the University of Utah…
Series is âabsolute fiction,â Sharon Wright Weeks says, while the…
Volunteers are providing food, clothing and assistance to Ukrainian refugees…
During oral arguments Monday, the Supreme Court wrestled with what…
The rare alignment of major Christian, Muslim and Jewish holidays…
The world is falling apart. But we have the tools…
Meridian Magazine has been a longtime supporter of Steven Neal's…
Lots of recent research has shown that the countryâs relationship…
The latest monthly update features a video describing the operation…
The Joseph Smith Papers team has pieced back together what…
Kim Peek â the real âRain Manâ â was both…
Hours after securing a spot at next monthâs Winter Olympics,…
The sad reality is that photos with large families are…
âI am heartbroken to announce the passing of my husband,…
From where people want to live and why it matters…
Of all the shortages caused by the pandemic, the therapist…
Itâs been six months since the former âAmerican Idolâ star and popular…
During a campus forum at the Marriott Center, the Rev.…
The business end of an excavator ripped open the roof…
Weâre inundated with loss-of-faith narratives, but what about the ones…
Cases involving COVID-19 gathering restrictions and religious groups showed why…
Belonging based on truth seeks to transcend walls by ascending…
BYUâs godly mission means fidelity to commandments and orthodoxy. It…
Bob didnât see any way out. He didnât know if…
âYouâre not good enough, I donât think, to get away…
Many schools remain mired in a kind of woke fog…
If there is a definite, right way to understand the…
The shifting definition of identity is changing American society and…
PRRIâs Census of American Religion offers a county-by-county look at…
Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Utah Rep. Burgess Owens expressed…
The Supreme Court is now on summer break, but, before…
One college professor got excited about some new statistics about…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox made national headlines last week when…
Four Latter-day Saint-owned colleges and universities now have turned down…
Joseph Smith preached more Sunday discourses during his final years…
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve…
While cancellation is a swift and relentless blacklisting, accountability allows…
Each prophet-president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
As part of a planned renovation of the Manti Utah…
Mondayâs Washington Post story about the finances of The Church…
James Huntsman, son of the late billionaire Jon Huntsman Sr.…
Mark Hofmannâs ex-wife tells the true story of how a…
A quote by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum…
When it comes to the top performing economies in the…
Party leadership in Utah has responded in a unique, refreshing…
Kylee Keele-Blackburn felt her grandfatherâs spirit throughout the party, but…
âIt is time â past time â to make plain…
While the country is polarized on many levels, Becketâs second…
âReal Housewives of Salt Lake Cityâ is not the show…
âOf course, Black lives matter," said President Oaks, "That is…
As the general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ…
The carefully written document outlining the churchâs doctrines and principles…
It is Ginsburgâs friendship, not her court opinions, that the…
With religious services taking place online, this might seem like…
The churchâs other higher ed institutions all use the name…
The number of Latter-day Saint missionaries in some areas of…
Ten Latter-day Saint temples in Utah are among 17 worldwide…
Of all the pandemic-fighting tools at the countryâs disposal, civility…
âToday, it is common to criticize the founders of America.…
The temple was announced with a generic name, Washington County…
One by one, workers have delicately removed ornate finials on…
The Supreme Court has issued a 5-4 ruling in a…
âWe pray for the end of this devastating pandemic. However,…
âElder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve…
BYU announced it will not make a decision until July…
Based on local situations, some congregations may be able to…
Limited opening of temples in Utah, Idaho, Germany and Sweden…
One of the most interesting documents in the newest volume…
All of the annual Days of â47 Pioneer Day celebrations…
We believe that itâs important to hold institutions to account.…
The United Arab Emirates embassy in the United States sent…
As if the cancellation or postponement of March Madness, baseballâs…
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of…
Workers at Temple Square are installing a mobile crane on…
A wildly contagious flu with no vaccine in sight. Missionaries…
âDue to its global reach and long trajectory, this emergency…
Several Latter-day Saint buildings, including a dozen meetinghouses, were damaged…
All meetings and activities of The Church of Jesus Christ…
âThis name change will be a catalyst for reintroducing the…
The bishopric gave a unique look at the breadth and…
The fallout after Sen. Mitt Romneyâs vote on Wednesday to…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is transferring…
The coronavirus is a new virus with no vaccine or…
Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation made him a…
The modern and increasingly secular world continues to attempt to…
Leigh Anne Touhy, who helped inspire the book and movie…
Donât let âFOMOâ â the fear of missing out â…
The feeling of anticipation was eating through Belle Barbu. It…
A shooting at a Texas church in which two armed…
Conference Center will play host to visitors as Temple Square…
Mondayâs Washington Post story about the finances of The Church…
David A. Nielsen, a former employee for the investment arm…
Amid growing conflict between LGBTQ rights and religious freedom, a…
A changed, emotionally vulnerable David Brooks, the popular conservative New…
President M. Russell Ballard urged members of The Church of…
60 people were treated after meetinghouse was evacuated.
Robert C. OâBrien, the administrationâs top hostage negotiator and a…
With a federal LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill stalled in the U.S.…
Church leaders, Utah-based vocational training school highlighted on panel during…
A diverse coalition of faith-based college leaders say they feel…
When President Russell M. Nelson announced a year ago that…
Ten years ago, Sheralyn Belyeu opened an Encyclopedia Britannica that…
This week, the Broadway musical that skewered The Church of…
Two small committees have begun to wend their way through…
In a culture that celebrates alcohol, an oxymoron of a…
"Our Heavenly Father communicates to his children in various ways,…
The Rev. Amos Brown says he had a "wow moment"…
The new initiative to replace the Boy Scouts and Personal…
Firefighters were called out at 2:45 a.m. to 3625 Doverhill…
The Sunday service this week at an unassuming church in…
At the beginning of June, an event at the BYU…
In recent years, people have called the police on Muslims…
In China, the government uses artificial intelligence to track and…
The cost of serving a mission for The Church of…
Just over 25 years ago, Congress nearly unanimously passed new…
"The individual that they were meeting with brandished a firearm…
Justices announced that they wonât hear a new case on…
VidAngel offers a service that filters out content of movies…
Before addressing a crowd of more than 15,500 members of…
Four years ago, the Supreme Court said LGBTQ couples could…
Houses of worship have always been a perennial target for…
America would be a more violent place without religious freedom…
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ…
President Nelson called the transcontinental railroad "a gargantuan accomplishment" that…
Religious freedom is deteriorating around the world and efforts to…
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In the minutes after the gunman fled the scene of…
The Temple Department's executive director, Elder Larry Y. Wilson, told…
Firefighters saved the majority of the structure of Notre Dame…
A recent settlement between LGBTQ couples and the state of…
A new lawsuit could resolve growing conflict over the religious…
Children of parents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual…
A Lindon woman was arrested Friday after police say she…
President Donald Trump didn't reference religion in his new executive…
A rabbi who packs a gun. A church installing security…
Two Latter-day Saint volunteers detained for nearly three weeks for…
Beginning June 1, community-based Boy Scout packs and troops may…
The question is on everyone's minds: Why did the First…
Renewed interest in notorious serial killer Ted Bundy led police…