(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published the final volume of the Joseph Smith Papers on Tuesday, the 179th anniversary of the church founder’s death. The 27-volume collection has been called the “lunar mission” of historical church research, reflecting 22 years of documenting, […]
PROVO, Utah-Friday, President Dallin H. Oaks, the first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, shared his experiences writing about the first president of the Church, Joseph Smith, during the Church History Symposium at the BYU Conference Center. This year’s symposium is “Joseph-Smith […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s has been charged with sexual abuse of a young girl. Sterling Van Wagenen, 71, is accused of inappropriately touching a girl on two occasions between 2013 and 2015, […]
MANCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An annual pageant that drew thousands of visitors to upstate New York will be staged for the last time in 2020 as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints moves away from large-scale productions. The Salt Lake City-based churched released a statement Saturday saying its […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The well-known Mormon Tabernacle Choir was renamed Friday to strip out the word Mormon in a move showing the faith’s new president is serious about ending shorthand names for the religion that have been used for generations by church members and previously promoted by the […]
