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(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Temple Square missionaries sport their national flags with their nameplates in 2025.

The backstory of how LDS Temple Square missionaries came to don their flags

By Tamarra Kemsley | August 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A children's choir sings during a special conference in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2025. A survey shows Africans score higher than other Latter-day Saints in their devotion to church attendance, personal prayer and scripture reading.

Which Latter-day Saints across the globe are the most devout? Survey offers clues.

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | August 2, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

Utah food pantry closes, leaving hundreds ‘heartbroken’ and hungry

Two unlikely monuments 4,000 miles apart honor the same 410 Mormon pioneers

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(Alessandra Tarantino | AP) Pope Leo XIV, shown in May, has come under fire from President Donald Trump on a number of issues.

Commentary: Is Pope Leo a Democratic Socialist?

Modern pontiffs tend to stay out of partisan politics, but when Leo speaks, he certainly sounds like a Democratic Socialist.

By Thomas Reese | Religion News Service | July 31, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Salt Lake Tribune archives) Author Carol Lynn Pearson, shown in 2002, has died at age 86.

Legendary LDS writer and advocate Carol Lynn Pearson dies, leaves a final poem to her fans

1939-2026: “The Mormon people were truly blessed to have her as a companion,” historian says, “and the institution would have done well to listen to her.”

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | July 31, 2026, 4:11 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Office Building in downtown Salt Lake City.

Federal appeals court sides with LDS Church in lawsuit over sex abuse settlements

A three-judge panel ruled that the church’s insurance companies may be obligated to cover the settlement.

By Ben Winslow | FOX 13 | July 30, 2026, 10:14 p.m.

(Universal Studios) A scene from Steven Spielberg's 1993 R-rated epic, "Schindler's List," shows Jews evacuating their homes.

Latest from Mormon Land: Are R-rated movies still a no-no? And Oaks makes a surprise appearance.

Also: Church steps up aid in Venezuela and Africa; new hymns are released; ghost stories at a pioneer way station.

By David Noyce | July 30, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Primary children participate in service projects. Author Natalie Brown sees ways Latter-day Saints can strengthen their community through grassroots innovation and build happier lives for members.

‘Mormon Land’: Finance childcare? Put all kids in one ward? Return to 3-hour church? Let locals decide.

Natalie Brown, author of “After Happiness: Living with Faith in a Time of Crisis,” discusses how to help Latter-day Saints amid today’s challenging economic and polarizing climate.

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | July 29, 2026, 1:33 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Marion D. Hanks, who died in 2011, was seen as a champion of Latter-day Saints on the church's margins.

The progressive LDS leader who spent decades ‘defending something he didn’t believe in’

He pushed church leaders to drop the priesthood/temple ban, worked to elevate women’s voices and lamented unnecessary Latter-day Saint cultural traditions.

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | July 27, 2026, 11:56 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Art Museum, formerly B’nai Israel Temple, on Monday, July 20, 2026.

It predates the LDS Church’s Salt Lake Temple and was Utah’s center of a religious movement. Now it has a new life.

The Salt Lake Tribune wrote in 1890 that the temple would be “an ornament to the city.”

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | July 27, 2026, 1:32 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A plane takes off at Salt Lake City International Airport. Guest columnist Eli McCann recounts a not-so-pleasant landing during a recent flight when his toddler suddenly got sick.

Eli McCann: How our pleasant flight suddenly descended into an adventure aboard a vomit comet

“Our toddler looked us both in the eyes before proceeding to vomit everything we have ever fed him in his entire 21 months of mortal existence.”

By Eli McCann | Special to The Tribune | July 26, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Christus statue is on display at the new Salt Lake Temple Visitors' Center.

Jana Riess: More about Jesus, less about coffee — seven LDS Church trends

Are temples and adoring the prophet replacing the family and the Word of Wisdom as the most salient LDS identity markers?

By Jana Riess | Religion News Service | July 24, 2026, 1:55 p.m.

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Commentary: Is Pope Leo a Democratic Socialist?

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