Peggy Fletcher Stack

Religion reporter

Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.

(Photo courtesy of Ron Batzdorff | ABC) Ken Jennings is one of the "Jeopardy!" stars on "The Chase."

Yes, this ‘Jeopardy!’ king loves atlases, Legos, long novels and trivia, but who is the real Ken Jennings?

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 20, 2021, 10:57 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Church President Russell M. Nelson receives the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Salt Lake City.

President Russell Nelson, other top LDS leaders vaccinated against COVID

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 19, 2021, 10:02 p.m.

(John Minchillo, AP file photo) In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. The LDS Church is speaking out against the political violence.

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

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 18, 2021, 3:41 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.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Rev. Nurjhan Govan with "Tiny" at her Taylorsville home on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Govan was living in her car with 10 Yorkies, who were then taken by Animal Services. She got four of them back and hopes for the rest to be returned sometime this spring.

Yappy reunion — retired Utah preacher gets back four of her dogs

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 9, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

(Courtesy photo)
Jake Smith, a 19-year-old Latter-day Saint missionary from Lehi was killed in an automobile accident in Arkansas on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2021.

LDS missionary from Utah killed in car accident in Arkansas

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 8, 2021, 6:29 p.m.

(Jose Luis Magana | The Associated Press) Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

In reaction to Capitol assault, LDS Church points to Oaks’ speech denouncing post-election violence

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 7, 2021, 12:31 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Vaccinated health care workers and first responders are waved into the north parking lot to wait for 15 minutes for signs of allergic reactions to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination. Davis County Health Department operated a drive-thru vaccination for non-hospital health care workers and first responders Wednesday at the Legacy Center in Farmington. Sen. Mitt Romney is criticizing the Trump administration for a lack of a plan in the vaccination rollout — a failing he says is putting "hundreds of thousands of lives at stake."

Mitt Romney says the Trump administration’s failures on vaccine rollout are ‘inexcusable’

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 3, 2021, 7:01 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Richard Bushman) Latter-day Saint scholar Richard Bushman.

What you may not know about Mormon historian Richard Bushman — for one, he was agnostic when he went on his mission

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | January 1, 2021, 9:13 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The church has updated its General Handbook.

LDS handbook adds warning against prejudice and misinformation, revises entries on sex abuse, conversion therapy, stillborn babies and more

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | December 18, 2020, 11:59 p.m.