COLORADO CITY, Arizona (AP) — They walked through the same double doors they used to, past the foyer and into the meeting hall — a 10,000-square-foot room with a stage on one end and a pulpit and stadium seating on the other.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Wednesday that two of its missionaries have returned to the U.S. after they were detained in Russia for more than two weeks in an alleged visa violation case.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday met with the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the first-such meeting of its kind, on the eve of the dedication of the church's huge new temple in Rome.

The significance of the Rome Italy Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is being manifest by the attendance of all members of the church’s First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for its dedication services beginning Sunday.

As part of its push to emphasize the use of its full name among its members, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced name and domain changes for its official communication channels.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — A missionary from Hyde Park died Wednesday after a falling from the roof of his apartment building, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a press release. 

Missionaries may now communicate with family weekly, rather than twice a year during their missions, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday.

A missionary serving in Portugal for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died Monday.

When members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints go to church this Sunday they may find an extra flurry of activity and most likely some brief confusion.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who are eligible to attend its temples may notice new adjustments to the temple endowment ceremony.

All female missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are now allowed to wear dress slacks, the church announced Thursday.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City released a list Monday of priests with credible sexual abuse allegations against them dating back to 1950.

Music director Mack Wilberg looked around with a puzzled expression when Lloyd Newell announced guest artist Kristin Chenoweth’s entrance at the Tabernacle at Temple Square’s Christmas concert Thursday night, but she was nowhere to be seen onstage.

An October announcement that pageants produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would be scaled back was updated Wednesday, with the final production year and plans for each of these traditional events.

OGDEN — A local Jewish congregation will host a special service on Saturday in remembrance of the 11 people killed at a Pittsburgh synagogue last week.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that Kristin Chenoweth will headline this year’s Christmas concerts by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Orchestra at Temple Square and Bells on Temple Square as the featured guest artist and narrator.

Members cheered on Sunday as President Russell M. Nelson announced 12 new temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be built around the world, including one in Utah and others in New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, Cambodia and Puerto Rico.

Rumors circulated for several months that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would reduce the time spent on Sunday meetings by going to a two-hour block format.

More than 7,000 pages of Wilford Woodruff’s journals are now in the online catalog of the Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to a news release.

LAYTON — Four months after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a temple would be built in Layton, Mayor Bob Stevenson claims to have as much information now as he did when the news was made public.

OGDEN — “Un bálsamo de Galaad.”

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is teaming up with the NAACP on a new education and employment program on the East Coast, an outgrowth from the first official meeting between the groups in May.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a number of videos aimed at understanding suicide Monday.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with more information.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Monday that it has begun work on new songbooks for its worship services. 

SALT LAKE CITY — The “aggressive and insensitive” treatment of families at the U.S.-Mexico border is troubling, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a Monday statement. 

OGDEN — A church that embodies the word “action” is what Pastor Rafael Ruiz wants. And that’s what he hopes his new church will achieve.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Monday it will transfer its remaining 158 missionaries out of Nicaragua.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1978 revelation on that allowed all members to receive the church's priesthood and temple blessings. The event was Friday, June 1, 2018, at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commemorates the June 1, 1978, restoration of the priesthood with its Be One event Friday.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday it will transfer 169 missionaries out of Nicaragua.

The Jordan River Temple was rededicated Sunday, May 20, by President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple, at 10200 S. 1300 West in South Jordan, was closed for two years for extensive renovations. On Saturda…

OGDEN — For those who knew she was in town this week, Sister Stephanie Mongeon was a popular attraction.

OGDEN — The community is invited to help those in need of clean water by participating in a 6K race Saturday, May 19, at First Presbyterian Church of Ogden.

OGDEN — The public is invited to pray in front of the steps of the Ogden Municipal Building starting at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, May 3, in observance of the National Day of Prayer.

OGDEN — The Ogden FamilySearch Library will present a lecture by a genetics professor for the library’s quarterly third Saturday lecture at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 21. 

LAYTON — Honor the Thai and Lao New Years at the Layton Wat Dhammagunaram of Utah Buddhist Temple next Saturday. 

OGDEN — The community is invited to "An Evening of Music," set for one hour beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at the Ogden LDS Tabernacle, 2145 Washington Blvd.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman who says a former Mormon missionary leader raped her in the 1980s and that the church failed to take her allegations seriously has filed a lawsuit, saying Thursday she wants the church to change the way it handles sexual abuse reports.

LAYTON — When it was announced Sunday that the LDS Church will build a new temple in Layton, some church members were so surprised, they thought it might be an April Fool’s joke. 

Thousands of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world will gather this weekend in meetinghouses, the Conference Center in Salt Lake City and in their homes to listen to the words of church leaders at the 188th Annual General Conference.

SALT LAKE CITY — New LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson announced a new temple will be built in Layton.