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(Bob McCann) Eli McCann at age 6 with his older and younger sisters — all dressed up for Halloween as Crayola crayons.

Eli McCann: When parents let their kids roam at night, knocking on strangers’ doors? It was called Halloween.

By Eli McCann | Special to The Tribune | October 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(AP) A man looks through a gap in a stone wall toward a Greek Orthodox church where gunmen opened fire during a funeral hours earlier in Jordan's Hamoud village on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.

Gunmen open fire at a Christian church in Jordan, killing at least seven

By Raja Abdulrahim and Euan Ward | The New York Times | October 24, 2026, 3:14 p.m.

Music-loving 19-year-old Latter-day Saint missionary from Utah dies

Utahn, accused of threatening to ‘blow up’ a synagogue, faces attempted hate crime charge

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(Christopher Cherrington) Abortion access is on the ballot in Idaho this November. As a Latter-day Saint OB-GYN, Heather Pugmire has yet to do decide how to vote. Regardless, she is adamant that something must change.

An LDS OB-GYN on Prop 1 and why Idaho’s abortion restrictions are ‘unsustainable’

“Truly, if laws don’t change,” she says, “I’m not going to be able to keep doing this.”

By Tamarra Kemsley | October 23, 2026, 2:19 p.m.

(Donovan Kelly | Special to The Tribune) . Pat McAfee and Steve Young during ESPN's "College GameDay" at BYU.

Gordon Monson: Hey, Pat McAfee, here are other Bible and Book of Mormon football verses to quote

“For all these things must come to pass, but the end [if the replay booth had so ruled] is not yet.”

By Gordon Monson | October 23, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Netflix via RNS) Mike Faist as Charles Trask, left, Christopher Abbott as Adam Trask and Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames in Netflix’s “East of Eden.”

Commentary: ‘East of Eden’ is perhaps the ultimate Jewish story

A modern midrash on Cain and Abel — with a Hebrew lesson embedded within it.

By Jeffrey Salkin | Religion News Service | October 22, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

Latest from Mormon Land: Predicting the next temples; is paying tithing a Celestial gamble?

Also: Foreseeing record convert baptisms; wading into abortion politics; celebrating BYU-Idaho’s anniversary.

By David Noyce | October 22, 2026, 4:14 p.m.

(Patrick Mason) Patrick and Melissa Mason have a new book, "Rooted: Centering Christ in Everything."

‘Mormon Land’: Why Jesus should be central in every sacrament meeting talk

Husband-and-wife authors of “Rooted” discuss how Latter-day Saints can bring Christ to every gospel topic — be it patriotism or pioneers, food storage or Mother’s Day.

By David Noyce | Tamarra Kemsley | October 22, 2026, 5:59 p.m.

(Florilegius | Universal Images Group via Getty Images) An engraving from 1826 shows a Scottish traveler fighting witches and demons in a church graveyard.

Americans who go to church and trust science are also more likely to believe in ghosts and curses, new research shows

The Conversation • Some people may still show up to church, or still believe in God, yet no longer grant their church the authority to define their belief about the supernatural.

By Ruiqian Li | The Conversation | October 19, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) New converts await baptism in the Kasumbalesa Stake in 2025 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A record half-million new converts this year? It’s possible, says Latter-day Saint leader.

Presiding bishop also says church leaders rely on professionals and “inspiration from the Lord” in how to use the faith’s money.

By David Noyce | October 17, 2026, 2:01 p.m.

(Kristin Kobes Du Mez) Kristin Kobes Du Mez is a professor of history at Calvin University and the author of "Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made."

How LDS and evangelical women laid claim to positive thinking to ‘trap’ generations of women

What New York Times bestselling author and scholar Kristin Kobes Du Mez has to say about Latter-day Saint women’s role in the rise of conservative Christian womanhood.

By Tamarra Kemsley | October 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Charlie Riedel | AP) People at a election night watch party react after an abortion-rights amendment to the Missouri Constitution passed in 2024. The issue is on the ballot again this year.

Abortion is on the ballot in other states, too, and faith groups are speaking out on all sides

Latter-day Saints in Idaho and Nevada aren’t the only ones choosing sides on the topic.

By Ellie Ashby and Aleja Hertzler-McCain | Religion News Service | October 17, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

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