LDS Church says handbook changes are compassionate towards children
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the LDS Church’s Quorum of the Twelve said Friday that changes in the church leadership handbook regarding same-sex marriage are meant to remove questions and doubts...
View ArticleCruz taps Fiorina to serve as running mate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In need of momentum after a five-state shutout, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina to serve as his running mate. The...
View ArticleBYU requesting feedback on sexual assault issue
BYU is inviting feedback on sexual assault response and Title IX compliance as part of a study announced in April by university President Kevin J Worthen. BYU on Thursday announced the creation of a...
View ArticleEducation Week: How to overcome our need for worldly approval
A six-year-old boy was asked to give a talk in Primary. Just before going up, he turned to his mother and said, “Mommy, I don’t want to go up there.” When the mother asked why, he said, “Because I...
View ArticleSierra Leone Mormon missionaries injured in car accident
Four LDS Church missionaries serving in the Sierra Leone Freetown Mission and a church member were injured in a car accident on Wednesday, August 24, announced LDS Church spokesman Eric Hawkins on...
View ArticleMother Teresa: ‘Saint of the gutters’ canonized at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Elevating the “saint of the gutters” to one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors, Pope Francis on Sunday praised Mother Teresa for her radical dedication to society’s outcasts...
View ArticleSome civil rights sites at risk of being lost to history
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A once-thriving all-black settlement in the New Mexico desert is a ghost town that rarely appears on maps. Tour buses pass but never stop at a Houston building where Latino...
View ArticleCollege tuition: Put it on my card
(AP) – If people put everything from groceries to gas on credit cards to earn rewards, why not college tuition? Many colleges and universities let you pay with plastic, and some people do. But it can...
View ArticleUtah increases cougar hunt quota despite criticism
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah wildlife officials will allow more cougars to be hunted this year due to an increase in attacks on farm animals and indications the animals’ population is doing well in the...
View ArticleRepentance, sacrifice emerge as conference themes
Several themes emerged during General Conference as church leaders gave their talks, despite speakers not coordinating their efforts. Repentance and its significance Throughout several of the sessions,...
View ArticleElder Bruce D. Porter of the Seventy dies at 64
Elder Bruce D. Porter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Seventy died at age 64 on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. He death was due to a pulmonary infection that developed within the...
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