Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
After a boom in west Africa, LDS church finds increasing acceptance in the east
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 20, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Once shunned as cultic and anti-Christian, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has converted not only thousands of Africans, but has come to collaborate with Africa’s historic denominations, and even with Muslims.
Meet Elder Patrick Kearon, the first LDS convert in a century to be named apostle
By Bob Smietana — January 24, 2024
(RNS) — The 62-year-old British and Irish citizen, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in his 20s, was named an apostle in December. He's best known for a 2016 talk about the refugee crisis.
In tough times, churches can’t afford to go it alone, new book advises
By Bob Smietana — October 20, 2023
(RNS) — Samford University sociologist Jennifer McClure Haraway looks at the way congregations in Alabama work together — and what congregations around the country can learn from them.
Potential new rivalries in Big 12 with BYU becoming league’s 3rd private Christian school
By Stephen Hawkins — August 22, 2023
(AP) — There can be commonality among fans from such schools, even of different denominations, in valuing what religion adds to higher education, said Northern Kentucky professor Joe Cobbs, an expert in sports rivalries.
Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP – push back against one-party politics
By David Campbell — July 11, 2023
(The Conversation) — The faith’s association with conservative politics has stayed strong for decades, but could become a liability, a political scientist argues.
One in 4 US Mormons has thought about leaving the LDS Church, study shows
By Jana Riess — May 19, 2023
(RNS) — PRRI's findings showed Latter-day Saints were some of the most religious — but often uncertain — believers.
Arizona court upholds clergy privilege in child abuse case
By Michael Rezendes and Jason Dearen — April 14, 2023
This church's negligence in reporting abuse, the lawsuit argues, allowed a father to continuing abusing the girl for as many as seven years, a time in which he also abused the girl’s infant sister.
Behind the Latter-day Saint church’s vast wealth are two centuries of financial hits and misses
By Benjamin Park — April 5, 2023
(The Conversation) — Joseph Smith encouraged early Latter-day Saints to pool their resources. Two centuries later, one of the results is an investment portfolio estimated at $100 billion.
What’s going on with the wave of GOP bills about trans teens? Utah provides clues
By Kelsy Burke and Tyler Lefevor — April 4, 2023
(The Conversation) — Faith, politics and LGBTQ rights are more complicated than it can appear at first glance.
Mormon church’s celebration of Latino cultures puts spotlight on often-overlooked diversity
By Brittany Romanello — December 6, 2022
(The Conversation) — Latina women hold few top leadership positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but their contributions help keep congregations going.
How opposition to Prop 8 led Latter-day Saints to back Senate’s same-sex marriage bill
By Bob Smietana — November 16, 2022
(RNS) — Same-sex marriage, long a divisive issue, could be the thing that brings Americans together, said Troy Williams, executive director of Equality Utah.
Netflix’s ‘Sins of Our Mother’: A haunting study of a personal spiritual apocalypse
By Jillian Cheney — October 3, 2022
(RNS) — Where’s the line between spiritual awakening and a psychotic episode?
Protesters demand Utah require clergy to report sex abuse
By Sam Metz — August 22, 2022
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Protestors, including religious leaders and survivors, gathered at the Utah State Capitol on Friday to rally against a state law that exempts Mormon leaders from being required to report child sexual abuse brought to their attention in church confessionals.
Judge limits privilege defense in AZ Mormon sex abuse case
By Michael Rezendes — August 19, 2022
(AP) - The church has filed a legal motion asking Cardinal to delay implementing her order until it contests her findings with the Arizona Court of Appeals.
Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen
By Michael Rezendes — August 4, 2022
BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) – Nearly 12,000 pages of sealed records obtained by the Associated Press offer the most comprehensive look yet at the Mormon church's abuse "help line," which abuse victims and their attorneys say has been misused by church leaders to divert accusations away from law enforcement and instead to church attorneys who may bury the problem.
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