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(AP) U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., left, and former Mesa, Arizona, Mayor John Giles. Both Latter-day Saints, Biggs is the Republican nominee for Arizona governor, while Giles is the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor.

With two LDS candidates on the ticket, this governor’s race spurs a question: Which way will members lean?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | September 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m.

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) A mural of the Virgin Mary in downtown Salt Lake City. Teachings about Mary are attracting women to the Catholic Church.

Commentary: Why so many women are converting to Catholicism

By Ericka Andersen | Religion News Service | September 5, 2026, 12:56 p.m.

Utah Supreme Court wades into LDS temple zoning battle

LDS apostle offers his definition of ‘real men’

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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Memorials to Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem sooner after his slaying.

Commentary: A sainted Charlie Kirk serves MAGA. It doesn’t serve the girls drawn to his myth.

A year after Kirk’s death, a former tradwife writes about how making him a hero boosts the Christian patriarchy.

By Tia Levings | Religion News Service | September 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake Tribune humor columnist Eli McCann signs copies of his new novel, "Stitched."

Eli McCann: A novel idea — two gay men join a gabby group of women quilters

These women are as “interesting as they are hilarious, as talented as they are sarcastic, as thoughtful as they are supremely good at gossip.”

By Eli McCann | Special to The Tribune | September 5, 2026, 1:27 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Office Building in Salt Lake City. An appeals court has affirmed that a class-action lawsuit over the faith's tithing was filed too late.

Court dismisses another LDS tithing case. Is this the end for a whistleblower’s allegations?

Appellate ruling shuts the door on future lawsuits tied to whistleblower’s 2019 headline-grabbing accusations.

By Tony Semerad | September 3, 2026, 12:01 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf, followed by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, greets members of a youth choir that performed at a media event Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, about the Salt Lake Temple reopening.

Latest from Mormon Land: ‘Are you President Uchtdorf’s bodyguard?’

Also: Writer recalls when she decided “I’m done, I’m out”; ticketing begins for Salt Lake Temple tours; Pulitzer finalist plans an LDS play; sex for older single Latter-day Saints.

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | September 3, 2026, 1:24 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Richard Elliott, principal organist of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, became a Latter-day Saint at age 23. He played in rock bands while growing up and still delights of music of many stripes.

Gordon Monson: He traded playing rock tunes in smoke-filled bars for accompanying the LDS Church’s Tab Choir

From “Hey, Jude” and “Sympathy for the Devil” to “Come, Come, Ye Saints” and “Amazing Grace” — it’s all about the music for Rick Elliott.

By Gordon Monson | September 4, 2026, 3:59 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington)

‘Mormon Land’: Sex and older singles — Should the law of chastity still apply?

A discussion about intimacy for older single, divorced and widowed Latter-day Saints with therapist Jennifer Finlayson-Fife.

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | September 3, 2026, 1:31 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Temple will welcome guests for six months next year.

Salt Lake LDS Temple tours: 1 million tickets are already gone. Here’s why it’s not too late to get yours.

Up to 5 million are expected to visit next year.

By Dylan Eubank | September 2, 2026, 6:07 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dieter F. Uchtdorf, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during an event to release the theme "Rejoice in Christ" for the upcoming reopening of the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.

LDS Church rejoices with a global gift, will finally let visitors ‘go inside’ its most famous temple

“I’m just sitting here in this incredible edifice,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, “awed by the artistry, the beauty of this building, a building that could challenge any building anywhere in this country or Europe, anywhere in the world.”

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | September 2, 2026, 1:15 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lights illuminate the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City. Public tours begin next year.

Salt Lake LDS Temple tour tickets are available now. Here’s how to get yours.

The tickets are free but required for anyone looking to enter the historic building long closed to outsiders.

By Tamarra Kemsley | September 2, 2026, 1:23 p.m.

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