A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is urging members to “avoid what is harsh and hateful” in the heat of election season.

A worldwide building boom of big, bright Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temples is meeting pushback in a place not known for moderation.

The oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has so far created a mixed legacy that some churchgoers say has made its global membership feel more included but has left LGBTQ+ members feeling unsupported.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he’s worried that people resisting COVID-19 vaccine shots based on religious grounds may be confusing that with a philosophical objection.

The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged members Saturday at a church conference to listen to the faith’s leaders when they seek “pure truth."

Members of the faith widely known as the Mormon church remain deeply divided on vaccines and mask-wearing despite consistent guidance from church leaders.

Leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are unveiling $9.25 million in new educational and humanitarian projects as they seek to build on an alliance formed with the NAACP in 2018.

That the faith widely known as the Mormon church would feel the need to make such a clarification amid a tragedy underscored the conundrum the church faces when big news happens with splinter groups that practice polygamy. Early church members practiced polygamy in the 1800s at the instruction of founder Joseph Smith, but the church disavowed it in 1890. The Mexican community is one of a handful of Mormon splinter groups who still practice plural marriage. A recent push by church President Russell M. Nelson to eradicate the use of previously embraced shorthand terms for the faith — "Mormon," ''LDS" and "Mormon church" — has added an interesting wrinkle to the discussion, said W. Paul Reeve, the Simmons Professor of Mormon Studies at the University of Utah. Also muddling the issue is Smith's revelation that God told him to practice plural marriage remains canonized in church scripture, the scholars noted.

Many of the families living there trace their origins to the community of La Mora to the 1950s — and some have much deeper roots. Austin Cloes of Utah, who had relatives among the victims , said they were religious people who believed in Jesus Christ. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints responded by settling colonies outside the U.S. in Mexico and Canada. Better known than the Mormons from the La Mora community are the founders and descendants of Colonia LeBaron in Chihuahua state. Alma LeBaron moved his family to Chihuahua when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church was expelling polygamists.