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(Andrew Harnik | AP file pool photo) The National Cathedral is shown in this Dec. 5, 2018, file photo, as people arrive for the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush. On Thursday, the cathedral will host the Inaugural Prayer Service.

Mormon Women for Ethical Government leader to take part in President-elect Joe Biden’s Inaugural Prayer Service

By Lee Davidson | January 20, 2021, 1:47 a.m.

(Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) An artist's rendering of the exterior of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' to-be-constructed Deseret Peak Utah Temple in Tooele.

After community pushback, LDS Church renames, relocates Tooele temple

By David Noyce | Tony Semerad | January 20, 2021, 12:32 a.m.

President Russell Nelson, other top LDS leaders vaccinated against COVID

LDS Church condemns ‘violence and lawless behavior,’ urges all to honor ‘democratic institutions’

(Gene J. Puskar | AP file photo) Joanne Rogers stands in front of a giant Mister Rogers Forever Stamp following the first-day-of-issue dedication in Pittsburgh on March 23, 2018. Rogers, the widow of Fred Rogers, the gentle TV host who entertained and educated generations of preschoolers on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” has died. She was 92.

Joanne Rogers, widow of Fred Rogers, dies at 92

By Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service | January 15, 2021, 5:55 p.m.

(Christopher Millette | Erie Times-News via AP) An Arizona man is claiming he was sexually abused as a Boy Scout and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threatened ex-communication when he tried to report it 45 years ago.

Arizona man says LDS Church threatened expulsion for abuse report

By The Associated Press | January 14, 2021, 10:13 p.m.

(John Locher | AP file photo) In this Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 photo, former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid speaks with the media before a panel discussion in Las Vegas.

‘Mormon Land’: In wake of Capitol siege, retired Sen. Harry Reid says church needs to warn members about joining ‘fringe’ groups

By The Salt Lake Tribune | January 15, 2021, 9:50 p.m.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file). People who were camping on Rio Grande Street in Salt Lake City gather their belongings in December 2020. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced $3.3 million in donations to help shelter homeless Utahns.

This week in Mormon Land: Funding to help the homeless; prisoners get own district; women urge Trump’s removal

By David Noyce | January 14, 2021, 3:28 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) A silhoutte of the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Jan. 3, 2018. Membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has dropped for the third straight year in the faith's home base of Salt Lake County.

Salt Lake County keeps losing Latter-day Saints, and there are multiple theories as to why

By Lee Davidson | January 14, 2021, 3:08 p.m.

(Jeremy Harmon | Tribune file photo) The Joseph Smith Memorial Building and Salt Lake Temple are seen in a long-exposure photograph from 2008. Top Latter-day Saint leaders have been meeting at time in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building while the iconic temple undergoes extensive renovation.

Joseph Smith Memorial Building now has a mini-temple of sorts so top LDS leaders can meet while iconic temple is closed

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 15, 2021, 3:58 p.m.

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