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(UNICEF via The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Happiness, left, sits with her mother, Mary, who carries 1-year-old Laphael while chopping vegetables outside a house in southern Malawi.

LDS Church makes $25 million contribution matched by Bezos family

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Rev. Doug Gray at the First Congregational Church in June. Gray's congregation may be small, but on Sunday it will cut a big check for the nonprofit Crossroads Urban Center.

They had half a million dollars to spare. So they donated it.

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 17, 2026, 3:01 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) General authority Seventy W. Mark Bassett speaks to The Tribune in November 2025. Bassett died Monday, May 11, 2026, from a "traumatic brain injury."

LDS Church leader over worldwide missionary program dies suddenly

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 12, 2026, 8:58 a.m.

(Millie Tullis) In her debut book of poetry, "These Saints Are Stones," Millie Tullis, who identifies as "culturally Mormon," grapples with the ghosts of her family's pioneer past.

She dug into her Mormon ancestry and found sister wives, a massacre and questions with no answers

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 11, 2026, 1:46 p.m.

(AP) Pope Leo XIV, left; and U.S. Vice President JD Vance. Vance, a Catholic convert, has been critical of the pope's statements on the war with Iran, evidence of a new theory taking root among those who study the role of religion in shaping political attitudes.

What Vance’s criticisms of the pope reveal about religion in America

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.

(Landon Brophy) "Mormon.ish" podcast co-host Landon Brophy said The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints informed him this week it had withdrawn his membership for apostasy.

Utah podcaster says LDS Church booted him out for ‘apostasy’

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 1, 2026, 8:51 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Fieles cantan un himno en la Conferencia General a principios de abril de 2026. Varios santos de los últimos días latinos y latinas quieren que sus líderes eclesiásticos se pronuncien más sobre las políticas migratorias de EE. UU.

Miembros latinos de la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de lo Últimos Días reclaman silencio de líderes ante deportaciones

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 1, 2026, 6:02 p.m.

(Erik Robinson for Burgindie Pictures) Doug Jones plays the eponymous role in the new Mormon pioneer horror film "The Angel."

From faith to fear: Filmmakers are turning LDS history and teachings into horror movies

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Congregants sing a hymn at General Conference in early April 2026. A number of Latino and Latina Latter-day Saints want their church leaders to speak out more on U.S. immigration policies.

As mass deportations mount, Latino Latter-day Saints ask: Where is the church?

By Tamarra Kemsley | May 1, 2026, 6:09 p.m.

(Kristin Dunbar Mautz) Latter-day Saint Kristin Dunbar Mautz said she decided to go public after learning of new alleged victims of Wade Christofferson last November.

New accuser emerges in Wade Christofferson case. LDS Church addresses what his apostle brother knew

By Tamarra Kemsley | April 29, 2026, 10:18 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Ephraim Temple.

Open house is set for LDS temple that emerged during a dustup over treasured murals

By Tamarra Kemsley | April 21, 2026, 5:44 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A group photo outside a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that was rededicated in Pacific Palisades, California, on Sunday, April 12, 2026, after a wildfire last year.

LDS community returns to a familiar site after deadly tragedy

By Tamarra Kemsley | April 16, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

("The Chosen") Jonathan Roumie plays Christ in "The Chosen." Filmmaker Dallas Jenkins lauds the human moments in the portrayals of Jesus.

‘The Chosen’ director to Latter-day Saints: Loosen up

By Tamarra Kemsley | April 10, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Dallin H. Oaks arrives during the morning session of General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Saturday, April 4, 2026.

Highlights from LDS General Conference: Oaks offers olive branch in first conference speech as president

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | Dylan Eubank | David Noyce | Mark Eddington | April 6, 2026, 2:01 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Dallin H. Oaks speaks during the morning session of General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Sunday, April 5, 2026.

Full summary of Sunday’s LDS General Conference: Oaks urges ‘fairness for all’ as Easter theme dominates

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | Dylan Eubank | David Noyce | April 5, 2026, 11:25 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The incoming presidency of the global Primary organization includes, from left to right. Nina M. Garfield as first counselor, Rosemary K. Chibota as president and Theresa A. Collins as second counselor.

New global LDS Primary leadership includes a historic choice: the first African president

By Tamarra Kemsley | April 4, 2026, 10:47 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Dallin H. Oaks, joined by his wife, Kristen, departs after the morning session of General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Saturday, April 4, 2026.

Full summary of Saturday’s LDS General Conference: Oaks is ‘sustained’; Gilbert, Caussé debut as apostles

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | Dylan Eubank | David Noyce | Mark Eddington | April 4, 2026, 11:33 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Republican Party Chair Rob Axson speaks at the 2025 state convention. New polling shows Latter-day Saints are becoming less Republican and more Democratic, though the gap between the two remains wide.

LDS voters have moved to the left faster than any other group in recent years. Will that trend continue?

By Tamarra Kemsley | April 3, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Kai Schwemmer via X; illustration by Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Screenshots from Kai Schwemmer's X account. The BYU student was named political director of the College Republicans of America.

A college Republican group tapped an LDS BYU student for political director. The backlash was swift.

By Tamarra Kemsley | March 27, 2026, 1:11 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) BYU students may soon see new general education requirements.

BYU pumps the brakes on sweeping curriculum overhaul after faculty feedback

By Tamarra Kemsley | March 23, 2026, 8:52 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A billboard claiming Jim Bridger discovered the Great Salt Lake is pictured in the Central 9th neighborhood of Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 12, 2026.

What those Jim Bridger billboards are really about

By Tamarra Kemsley | March 15, 2026, 2:45 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saint young people help assemble meals for distribution to Utah food banks.

The LDS Church’s humanitarian report is in. Here’s where it focused its charity.

By Tamarra Kemsley | March 10, 2026, 7:14 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Temple Square missionaries are shown in 2013. Their mission will be dissolved in July.

‘Mormon Land’: Farewell, Temple Square mission — the only one where women do all the preaching

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | March 4, 2026, 1:57 p.m.

(Sarah Perkins Sabey) Illustration by Maddie Baker accompanying the story of Noah found in Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins Sabey's "The Bible Storybook: The Old Testament" for children. The couple explain what they learned trying to tell challenging scripture stories to a young audience.

‘Let scripture surprise you’ — LDS authors on how to teach the Old Testament to children

By Tamarra Kemsley | March 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Voters go to a polling station in South Jordan in November 2025.

New poll asks LDS, other Utahns whether they would vote for Trump today, their view on state politicians

By Tamarra Kemsley | Andy Larsen | February 25, 2026, 2:39 p.m.