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FILE - In this April 6, 2019 file photo, the angel Moroni statue sits atop the Salt Lake City temple during the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' conference in Salt Lake City. For the third consecutive time, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold its signature conference this weekend without attendees in person as the faith continues to take precautions amid the pandemic. Members of the Utah-based faith will instead watch on TVs, computers and tablets from their homes around the world Saturday, April 3, 2021 to hear spiritual guidance from the religion's top leaders, who will be delivering the speeches in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mormon leaders decry abortion as evil, call out racism

By Brady Mccombs Apr. 03, 2021 11:11 AM EDT

Mormon leaders urge members to get COVID-19 vaccine

Jan. 19, 2021 02:31 PM EST
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged its members to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it's their turn, while announcing...

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, The Salt Lake Temple stands at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints added new language to the faith's handbook Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, imploring members to root out prejudice and racism, adding significance and permanence to recent comments by top leaders on one of the most sensitive topics in the church's history. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mormons add call to eradicate prejudice, racism to handbook

By Brady Mccombs Dec. 18, 2020 04:55 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Dec. 03, 2020 01:44 PM EST
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: To McGeachin, it’s all about Trump’s base Dec. 2 The...

FILE - In this April 19, 2019, file photo, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson speaks during a news conference at the Temple Square South Visitors Center in Salt Lake City. Nelson called on members Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, to flood social media over Thanksgiving week with messages of gratitude in what he hopes will serve as a healing tool as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, racism and a lack of civility. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mormon president urges gratitude to deal with trying 2020

By Brady Mccombs Nov. 20, 2020 02:15 PM EST

FILE - In this June 28, 2018 file photo Gerrit W. Gong speaks during a news conference, in Salt Lake City. Gong a high-ranking leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has tested positive for the coronavirus, church officials said Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Gong, a member of a top governing panel called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife were tested after being exposed recently to someone with COVID-19, church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a statement. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mormon leader Gong tests positive for COVID-19

Oct. 06, 2020 01:05 PM EDT

This Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, video image streamed by The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, shows church President Russell M. Nelson, at podium, with top leaders during the opening of the 190th Semiannual General Conference at the Conference Center Theater on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The twice-annual conference kicked off Saturday without anyone attending in person and top leaders sitting some 6-feet apart inside an empty room as the faith takes precautions to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints via AP)
Mormon leaders call for end to racism, protest violence

By Brady Mccombs Oct. 03, 2020 11:32 AM EDT

A Christian worshiper stands at the closed door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, Friday, April 10, 2020. Christians are commemorating Jesus' crucifixion without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, marking Good Friday in a world locked down by the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation

By Joseph Krauss And Elana Schor Apr. 10, 2020 01:53 AM EDT

Proclamation, plan for temples unveiled at Mormon conference

Apr. 06, 2020 03:48 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presented a new proclamation and announced the opening of eight new temples during its...

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, President Russell M. Nelson speaks during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' twice-annual church conference, in Salt Lake City. For the first time in more than 60 years, top leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will deliver speeches at the faith's signature conference this weekend without anyone watching in the latest illustration of how the coronavirus pandemic is altering worship practices around the world. The twice-yearly conference normally brings some 100,000 people to the church conference center in Salt Lake City to watch five sessions over two days. This event, though, will be only a virtual one. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mormons unveil new official logo at crowd-less conference

By Brady Mccombs Apr. 04, 2020 11:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, people listen during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' twice-annual church conference, in Salt Lake City. For the first time in more than 60 years, top leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will deliver speeches at the faith's signature conference this weekend without anyone watching in the latest illustration of how the coronavirus pandemic is altering worship practices around the world. The twice-yearly conference normally brings some 100,000 people to the church conference center in Salt Lake City to watch five sessions over two days. This event, though, will be only a virtual one. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Mormons hold signature conference virtually due to pandemic

By Brady Mccombs Apr. 03, 2020 02:43 PM EDT