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General handbook updated with new chapters on prejudice, dress, reliable sources

On Friday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced updates and new sections to the General Handbook for leaders and members of the church.The updates emphasize the work of salvation and exaltation, as well as principles of flexibility, agency and personal revelation, according ...

Denson lawsuit against LDS Church dismissed

McKenna Denson — the woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by her Provo Missionary Training Center president, Joseph L. Bishop, more than 36 years ago — had the last two issues in a case against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dismissed Thursday.The last two remaining ...

LDS author writes primer for church members on LGBTQ+ issues

The life of an LGBTQ+ Latter-day Saint is much like the first line of the Everly Brothers’ popular song, “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.”The song states, “The road is long with many a winding turn that leads to who knows where.”Talk to author Richard Ostler, and he would say the ...

Case of father-son fight over church mission heads toward trial

OGDEN — An Ogden man may be headed to trial on a charge that he strangled his 18-year-old son for refusing to go on a church mission.“We have not resolved this and we’ll need to set a trial,” defense attorney Randall Richards said Wednesday in a hearing for his client, Scott Keith ...

LDS President invites world to heal through gratitude, offers prayer of thanks

In a worldwide video presentation Friday, global faith leader President Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called upon all people to feel the healing power of gratitude.Nelson offered a new message of hope, healing and unity, he said, “to help ...

LDS Apostle Gerrit W. Gong and wife test positive for COVID-19

Elder Gerrit W. Gong, of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Susan Lindsay Gong, have tested positive for COVID-19.During this weekend’s general conference, church spokesman Eric Hawkins reported that Gong had recently learned that he had ...