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Jeffrey R. Holland, member of the quorum of the twelve apostles, speaks during a news conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, January 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file )
December 28, 2025, 8:28 am
Senior Mormon official Jeffrey Holland, who fostered ties with Jews, dies at 85
Brigham Young University’s president from 1980 to 1989, who was in line to take over LDS Church, established satellite campus in Jerusalem, won ‘Torch of Liberty’ award from ADL
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
In this image taken from video released by Julie J, @Malkowski6April, Massive flames and smoke rise from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, about 50 miles north of Detroit, September 28, 2025. (Julie J, @Malkowski6April via AP)
September 28, 2025, 10:30 pm
Four dead, at least eight injured in shooting and fire at Michigan Mormon church
Suspect rams car into church in Grand Blanc Township, starts shooting, sets building alight; toll rises as firefighters sift through wreckage; police kill fleeing gunman
By ISABELLA VOLMERT and Corey Williams
In this October 26, 2017 photo, Donia Jessop holds her mayoral campaign sign outside her store in Colorado City, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
November 10, 2017, 1:26 pm
After a century, polygamous sect loses control over Utah town
Hildale, long run by fundamentalist Mormons, may have elected its first female mayor, an ex-member of the sect who sports modern clothes and hairstyle
By BRADY McCOMBS
HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield (L) and Bishop Dean M. Davies, first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (R), October 31, 2016. (courtesy HIAS/Rachel Nusbaum)
November 3, 2016, 9:00 pm
Mormon church pledges $200,000 to Jewish refugee resettlement group
HIAS, formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, to use funds for food, furniture, legal services and to help reunite families
By JTA
In this April 2, 2016, file photo, members of the combined Choir from BYU-Idaho raise their hands during a sustaining vote at the two-day Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
October 2, 2016, 11:34 am
Mormon leader: Challenge the critics of our founder’s ‘miraculous mission’
Joseph Smith’s story is being attacked with ‘erroneous, misleading, superficial information,’ church leader tells faithful at conference
By BRADY McCOMBS
In this April 2, 2016, file photo, members of the combined Choir from BYU-Idaho raise their hands during a sustaining vote at the two-day Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
October 2, 2016, 5:39 am
Mormons gather to caution against ‘fanaticism,’ defend founder’s legacy
Church leaders tell believers at Utah conference that prophecy is open to all, but warn against viewing their own will as God’s
By BRADY McCOMBS
In this April 2, 2016, file photo, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs during the opening session of the two-day Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
October 2, 2016, 5:28 am
Mormons gather in Utah to hear guidance from leaders
Church to urge empathy for refugees amid fraught election campaign and national migration debate
By BRADY McCOMBS
A picture of a smooth, brown, egg-sized rock is shown in the printer's manuscript of the Book of Mormon following a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Library, in Salt Lake City. (AP/Rick)
August 5, 2015, 3:04 pm
1st glimpse of stone that ‘translated’ Book of Mormon
New book of revealing pictures of formerly secretive religion’s heritage aims to counter online interest and misinformation
By BRADY McCOMBS
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a radio interview in 2007. (photo credit: Image capture from YouTube video uploaded by thedbartnick)
November 5, 2012, 5:36 pm
Video of Romney defending Mormonism raises ire on Left
Clip from 2007 shows Republican candidate explaining his church’s end-of-days doctrine that sees Jesus stopping a war against the Jews
By Haviv Rettig Gur
September 4, 2012, 2:49 am
A new America, where opinion seems to matter more than race or identity
Between conventions, in this contentious election year, glimmers of a nation comfortable with its diversity
By Haviv Rettig Gur
March 5, 2012, 10:22 am
Mormon letter warns members to stop proxy baptisms
In recent weeks several prominent Jews have been baptized posthumously, including Anne Frank and Daniel Pearl
Simon Wiesenthal in 1995. (AP/Ronald Zak, File)
February 15, 2012, 11:19 am
Mormon church apologizes for baptizing Simon Wiesenthal’s parents
Posthumous ceremony performed on famed Nazi hunter’s parents
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