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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) About 2,500 protesters gather at the Utah Capitol for a “Bans Off Our Beehive” rally in support of abortion rights on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Religion News Service columnist Jeffrey Salkin argues that theological ideas should not be turned into public policy.

Commentary: Should religion influence abortion policy?

By Jeffrey Salkin | Religion News Service | May 24, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Women's session of General Conference in April 2022. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is growing in the U.S., but that growth has flattened.

Andy Larsen: The LDS Church is losing member share in most of the U.S. — and other things I learned when researching the rolls

By Andy Larsen | May 23, 2022, 8:03 p.m.

Screenwriter, families reveal what’s fact and what’s fiction in ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’

New Heavenly Mother debate breaks out between LDS feminists and LGBTQ activists

(Richard Drew | The Associated Press)Former Vice President Al Gore, shown in 2019, is urging Black interfaith leaders and environmental activists to seek solutions to the “twin crises of climate and racial justice.”

Al Gore says climate crisis is like ‘a nature hike right through the Book of Revelation’

By Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service | May 19, 2022, 8:26 p.m.

(Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File) Elon Musk, shown in this 2020 photo, employs a practicing Latter-day Saint as his chief money manager.

Latest from Mormon Land: Elon Musk’s wingman is LDS; Dallin Oaks says to avoid extremism

By David Noyce | May 19, 2022, 2:03 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Office Building, shown on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The latest federal report shows that a key investment fund for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints saw its overall value fall by 6% in the first quarter of 2021 as the stock market tumbled.

LDS Church loses billions on stocks. See how much and how it did compared to the Dow.

By Tony Semerad | May 19, 2022, 2:08 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saint faithful stand as top church leaders leave the Conference Center after the morning session of General Conference on Saturday, April 2, 2022. The church reported it now has more than 16.8 million members worldwide.

‘Mormon Land’: How, where and why LDS membership is booming in some places and shrinking in others

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | May 18, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of UNICEF and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saint Charities has supported global immunization initiatives led by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Here, a woman receives a vaccination in Chad.

What in the world is the LDS Church doing to help those in need?

By David Noyce | May 18, 2022, 12:39 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Columnist Gordon Monson

Gordon Monson: If you’re faking your Latter-day Saint faith … why?

By Gordon Monson | May 16, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Russell M. Nelson speaks to young adults in the Conference Center on Sunday, May 15, 2022

President Russell Nelson tells young LDS adults to beware of labels, have spiritual ‘FOMO’

By Kaitlyn Bancroft | May 16, 2022, 3:03 p.m.

(Walk with Christ via YouTube) A screenshot from a music video shows missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints performing a song in North Dakota. More frequently, Latter-day Saint missionaries are turning to social media to find potential converts.

TikTok or tracting? LDS missionaries are singing, dancing and preaching online, but do these videos work?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | May 15, 2022, 5:56 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Russell M. Nelson smiles at his office in the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on April 13, 2022. The church leader urges people to do more than offer "thoughts and prayers" in the wake of tragedy by looking for ways to help those in need.

Latest from Mormon Land: President Nelson calls for more than ‘thoughts and prayers’; revisiting McConkie’s ‘Mormon Doctrine’

By David Noyce | May 12, 2022, 2:03 p.m.

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