LDS Church forbids its California leaders from signing "religious exemptions" to get around vaccine mandates.

In the first major policy statement under newly installed President Russell M. Nelson, the LDS Church urged Congress on Friday to act quickly to protect from deportation hundreds of thousands of...

A church spokesperson tells VICE News that Ballard “betrayed his friendship” with a powerful leader, who “never authorized his name, or the name of the Church, to be used for Tim’s personal or...

Matthew Gong is a minority three times over — in his own words — “Chinese American, Mormon and queer.”

New research shows how few times women speak — or are quoted — at General Conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Plenty of women — and men — say that needs to change.

Faith-based private school’s second campus is a decommissioned Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in downtown Salt Lake City with a historic stained-glass window of the First Vision.

Many of Tim Ballard devotees question the LDS Church's statement rebuking the OUR founder. But they shouldn't. Here's why it can be trusted — the church did not ask VICE to remove or correct it,...

Top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urge their members anew to wear masks and get vaccinated against COVID-19. More wards are returning to mask-wearing; but some remain...

Excerpts from the "Mormon Land" podcast about gun violence.

Just before the Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday, Joe Biden’s campaign staged a national virtual event Saturday in which a parade of Latter-day Saints told fellow church members why...

Jeff T. Green, Utah's wealthiest native, won't be giving any of his billions to the LDS Church. Instead, the longtime member of the Utah-based faith is resigning from the church — along with 11 other...

In yet another symbolic gesture of racial unity, LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson joined with top NAACP leaders Monday in calling for an end to “prejudice of all kinds.”

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints tells its members to be kinder, gentler online. Its new General Handbook additions condemn any “threatening, bullying, degrading, violent, or otherwise...

For the second straight year — and the fourth time overall — The Salt Lake Tribune’s Peggy Fletcher Stack has been named the nation’s top religion reporter among midsize newspapers.

Mormon Women for Ethical Government, a nonpartisan group with more than 7,000 members, urged the U.S. Senate to wait until after the election to select a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader...

BYU is asking new hires to waive their right to clergy confidentiality.

SEC and LDS Church settle stock dispute.

Salt Lake Tribune religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack reflects on the death of her twin daughter and talks with other parents who have lost children.

Matt Easton writes to LDS to Elder Holland, that diversity is not divisiveness

On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, religion scholars discuss whether leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will or should weigh in on the issue of guns and gun violence.

Brigham Young University biblical scholar Eric D. Huntsman always asks his students what Jesus’ disciples meant when they called some of the Master’s words “hard sayings.”

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints names a new apostle, Patrick Kearon, to replace M. Russell Ballard.

In a surprising reversal and with an apology “for the turmoil caused by our earlier decision,” Brigham Young University’s campus in Idaho announced Monday night that it will retract its new policy on...

LDS leader Brad Wilcox apologizes for remarks he made about Black members and race.

The first known photo of Mormon founder Joseph Smith was found in a locket that has been in the descendant's family for more than a century.

Popular Latter-day Saint apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf confirms that his family donated to the president campaign of Joe Biden and two Georgia Senate candidates. The contributions appeared in his name....

A former BYU-Idaho music teacher was disinvited to speak or perform on the campus after going public with his exit from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

As The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prepares for the next phase in reopening its temples, apostle Dale Renlund, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, makes a strong appeal to wear...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks out on federal Respect for Marriage Act, which supports same-sex marriage.

BYU-I adjunct instructors have been fired for failing an "ecclesiastical" test. But they can't find out the reasons.

Latter-day Saint missionaries increasingly face mental health challenges. Their church is responding.

#DezNat forces take to Twitter, Facebook and other internet sites to defend the LDS Church, but targets of their assaults fear their alt-right assaults.

Amid escalating outrage over the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police and days of sometimes-violent protests across the country, Utah’s faith leaders — including LDS Church...

Last month, a Brigham Young University professor publicly used a Mormon term associated with an anti-Christ to attack a gay student.

Longtime apostle M. Russell Ballard of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dies at 95. A look at his life.

Interest in the doctrine of Heavenly Mother is rising in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spurring pushback from critics on the right and left in the faith, who argue proponents read...

Latter-day Saint meetinghouses across the Wasatch Front transform from worship spaces into secular community learnings centers (and back again) each week through the MyHometown Utah program.

Starting in the fall, Brigham Young University will requiring all incoming freshmen to take a class on the school's religious foundation — and it included apostle Jeffrey R. Holland's controversial...

Top LDS women urge Relief Society members to be sensitive and welcoming to all — including a self-described "queer" women.

Excerpts from a "Mormon Land" podcast about why girls are not allowed to pass the sacrament, or Communion, and why that should change.

For the first time, Dallin H. Oaks, next in line for the presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called Black lives matter an “eternal truth all reasonable people should...

Excerpts from a "Mormon Land" podcast in which historian W. Paul Reeve talks about how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' racial policies have changed through the decades.

The Mark Hofmann story isn’t about a Mormon man, it’s about Mormon men.

A new poll shows that majorities of almost every religious group believe there are no valid religious reasons to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine, including Hispanic Catholics (68%), other Christians (68%),...

On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, AP investigative reporter Michael Rezendes, previously earned a Pulitzer Prize with The Boston Globe for uncovering the Roman Catholic Church’s pattern of...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congratulates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their election victory. Unlike in the two previous presidential elections, the official release comes...

The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed...

The latest developments in the falling-out between Timothy Ballard and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and new allegations of sexual misconduct against the Operation Underground...

Lavina Fielding Anderson, one of the famed “September Six” writers and scholars disciplined by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1993, got a big “no” last week to her request for...

Latter-day Saint women throughout Northern California have been routinely sitting on the stand in their congregations, some for as many as 10 years. An edict recently come down the church's area...

Patrick A. Fletcher writes that, to survive, LDS Church needs both a foundation and remodeling.

The LDS Church speaks out against Capitol violence, urges all people to honor democratic institutions and processes.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reacts to reports on its sexual abuse hotline

For LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and their allies, it’s been a long 3½ years.

Salt Lake Tribune guest columnist Natalie Brown explores the housing crisis and the responsibility people carry in their choices about where and how they live.

The story of Brigham Morris Young, a son of Latter-day Saint pioneer-prophet Brigham Young. Morris would sometimes perform in drag as Italian singer Madam Pattirini.

In hiring a psychic and allegedly telling women he had been married to them in a past life, Tim Ballard broke with current LDS teachings — but not necessarily practices.

An assistant Alaskan attorney general, a graduate of BYU's law school, is under investigation for allegedly posting homophobic, sexist, antisemitic and racist #DezNat tweets.

The Church of Latter-day Saints has decided to sell the historic Wells Ward chapel in Salt Lake City after the structure suffered extensive damage in the 2020 earthquake. Community members are...

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Latter-day Saint officials kept the size of the church’s $100 billion investment reserves secret for fear that public knowledge of the fund’s wealth might discourage members from paying tithing,...

The current LDS Relief Society general presidency is likely to be released at the church's upcoming General Conference. For many women, it has been a remarkable five years, filled with real talk...

It may come as no surprise that Utah respondents to a newly released survey by the American Atheists deemed their state the most religious in the country.

A Latter-day Saint legal scholar sees a way for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to conduct same-sex sealings in its temples and remain true to its teachings.

Noted historian D. Michael Quinn, who explored the world of LDS Church finances and the faith's polygamous past, has died. He was famously excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

USU's campus police chief told football players to make sure sex is consensual — especially when they are with a Latter-day Saint woman.

In the latest development in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a new initiative seeks to eliminate BYU's ban on beards; a debate erupts during Pride Month about the word...

In a sit-down interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, Latter-day Saint apostle Patrick Kearon talked about how he's adjusting to the lifetime role and responded to questions about LGBTQ members and...

James C. Jones, a graduate student at Union Theological Seminary, has produced a new course for members of The Church of Jesus Church of Latter-day Saints as a way to combat racism.

There are dozens of examples across 49 states of Republican officials attacking and shaming Muslims since 2015. The one outlier is Utah, according to a BuzzFeed News report published April 10.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has expanded the leadership roles for women in Europe, a move applauded by feminists in the faith.

Latter-day Saint leader Brad Wilcox again apologized for remarks he made about Black members that faith's former priesthood/temple ban.

LDS First Presidency is asking patrons and workers to wear face masks in temples "in all times" and every temple