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Mormon women’s group calls on Senate to postpone Kavanaugh confirmation until allegations are investigated
Mormon women’s group calls on Senate to postpone Kavanaugh confirmation until allegations are investigated
Thomas Burr By Thomas Burr • 1d ago

No Scouting doesn’t mean an end to church-sponsored camping for Mormon youths

Peggy Fletcher Stack By Peggy Fletcher Stack • 4d ago

Commentary: How many Mormons use marijuana, anyway?

By Benjamin Knoll | Religion News Service • 4d ago

Mormon church takes another step in its anti-Prop 2 push, invites female bloggers to meeting about medical marijuana

Peggy Fletcher Stack By Peggy Fletcher Stack • 5d ago

Billboards quoting Mormon scripture to support medical marijuana initiative reappear after temporary removal

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • 5d ago

This week in Mormon Land: Nelson’s game plan for life, where women stand, a high-profile excommunication and Salt Lake’s School of the Prophets

David Noyce By David Noyce • 5d ago

Commentary: Writer Jana Riess reflects on her Mormon baptism 25 years ago, during the ‘September Six’ excommunications

By Jana Riess | Religion News Service • September 18

Tribune’s Peggy Fletcher Stack wins top religion reporting prize for second year in a row

By The Salt Lake Tribune • September 18

‘Mormon Land’: What writer Jana Riess' landmark study says about Latter-day Saint women

By The Salt Lake Tribune • September 18

LDS Church calls on Legislature to legalize medical pot this year — a move that some suspect is aimed at defeating ballot measure

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • September 17

Gun goes off inside Mormon meetinghouse in Provo; church leader is recorded urging teenage girls not to spread news on social media

Scott D. Pierce By Scott D. Pierce • September 17

LDS Church releases new memo warning of legal risks from medical marijuana initiative

Benjamin Wood By Benjamin Wood • September 17

Mormon church excommunicates Sam Young, a former bishop who has been protesting sometimes sexually explicit one-on-one interviews between clergy and youths

Taylor Stevens By Taylor Stevens • September 16

Utah Catholics honor lawyers, judges, first responders and the military during annual Red Mass

By The Salt Lake Tribune • September 14

Ex-Mormon bishop has a letter letting him know if he has been excommunicated, but he’s not opening it until Sunday, across from the temple in Salt Lake City

David Noyce By David Noyce • September 14

Utah’s Catholic Diocese has received ‘credible allegations’ of sexual abuse against 16 priests since 1990 — two of them this year

Jessica Miller By Jessica Miller • September 13

This week in Mormon Land: Dan Reynolds to take LoveLoud beyond Utah, officials talk history from Nauvoo, church amps up push against pot proposal

David Noyce By David Noyce • September 13

‘Mormon Land’: Former bishop Sam Young discusses his stance on youth interviews, his possible excommunication and how church leaders are misinterpreting his opposition

By The Salt Lake Tribune • September 12

Recreational use of marijuana violates Mormon Word of Wisdom, church leaders say, regardless of legality

Benjamin Wood By Benjamin Wood • September 12

Commentary: The Mormon kids are all right

By Jana Riess | Religion News Service • September 11

After 90-minute hearing, former Mormon bishop Sam Young waits to hear his fate, but he’s ‘pretty sure’ he’ll be excommunicated

Benjamin Wood By Benjamin Wood • September 9

Kirby: Denson’s latest ‘assault’ claims against Mormon men don’t hold up

Robert Kirby By Robert Kirby • September 9

Pray for those with suicidal thoughts and then reach out to help, say Utah religious leaders

Kathy Stephenson By Kathy Stephenson • September 7

This week in Mormon Land: A historic history book. Emailed mission calls. Is socialism satanic? Is the internet chasing away members?

David Noyce By David Noyce • September 6

Saying a resolution is doubtful, Mormon church seeks 2020 jury trial in woman’s lawsuit that says MTC president sexually assaulted her

Jessica Miller By Jessica Miller • September 6