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Bishop L. Todd Budge of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meets with officials from the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy, on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. (Photo copyright © 2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Used by permission.)

Mormon church gives $32 million to U.N. agency in anti-hunger push

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Mormon sex therapist appeals her ouster from faith

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Suspect arrested after fire at Cape Girardeau church

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FILE - In this March 30, 2018, file photo, Jesse Stay, a former scout master, shows his support with current and former Latter-day Saints before marching to the church's headquarters to deliver petitions demanding an end to one-on-one interviews between Mormon youth and lay leaders, in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints is launching a new training to curb child abuse in the congregation. The training announced Friday, Aug. 16, 2019 by church officials requires leaders in the Utah-based faith to complete an online course highlighting strategies to prevent and respond to abuse. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Latter-day Saints announce new training to curb child abuse

By MORGAN SMITH - Associated Press

Trial alleging Mormons overlooked sex abuse enters 5th week

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New Tucson Mormon temple to offer public tours

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People gather for a mass resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Salt Lake City. A day after the Mormon church stood behind its new rules targeting gay members and their children, while issuing clarifications, hundreds held a rally in Salt Lake City to protest their displeasure with the policy changes. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Hundreds resign from the LDS church over new baptism policy for children raised by gays

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Pictures of a smooth, brown, egg-sized rock are shown in the printer's manuscript of the Book of Mormon following a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Library, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church for the first time is publishing photos of a small sacred stone it believes founder Joseph Smith used to help translate the story that became the basis of the religion. The Mormon church is taking another step in its push to be more transparent, and is releasing more historical documents that shed light on how Joseph Smith formed the religion. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mormons publish photos of ‘seer stone’ used by founder

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

In this Sunday, June 28, 2015 photo, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts prepare to lead marchers while waving rainbow-colored flags at the 41st annual Pride Parade in Seattle, two days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. On Monday, July 27, 2015, the Texas-based Boy Scouts of America ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders but will allow church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson/File)

End of Boy Scouts’ ban on gays prompts elation and alarm

By David Crary and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, addresses the 184th Annual General Conference of the LDS in Salt Lake City on April 6, 2014. The Mormon leader died Friday, July 3, 2015, at age 90. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Packer died at his home in Salt Lake City from natural causes. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Thousands expected Friday at Mormon leader Boyd K. Packer’s funeral

By Brady McCombs - Associated Press

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in South Dakota, speaks at a news conference, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

Harry Reid helps former Sen. Larry Pressler join Mormon church

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A Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionary visits a crowded Thai festival in Bangkok at night and prepares to mingle among the public and explain to them how to be baptized into the Mormon faith. Such missionary work is paying off. (Richard S. Ehrlich/Special to The Washington Times)

Mormons’ Bangkok Thailand Temple project marks milestone for church

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Sen. Stephen Urquhart, R-St. George, leaves a House committee hearing Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Salt Lake City. An anti-discrimination bill protecting LGBT Utah residents and religious rights awaits a final vote by lawmakers. The bill was approved on Tuesday afternoon. It was originally scheduled for Monday, but postponed by the House Judiciary Committee after an hour-long hearing so that they could hear more comments from the public. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Utah governor signs church-backed anti-discrimination bill

By Kelly Catalfamo and Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

The Book of Mormon (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Canadian court bans polygamous group from using Mormon name

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FILE - This Feb. 20, 2014, file photo shows Brigham Young fans celebrating at the end of an NCAA college basketball game against Gonzaga in Provo, Utah. Brigham Young's basketball team has a built-in home crowd advantage nearly every place it goes. Sometimes it's a small, vocal group in the corner, other times several hundred fans show up, outnumbering those there to support the actual home team. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormon fans make BYU feel at home in any arena

By John Marshall - Associated Press

In this Dec. 8, 1997, file photo, shows an 1842 watercolor portrait of Joseph Smith by Sutcliffe Maudsley on exhibit at the Museum of Church History and Art, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File) ** FILE **

Joseph Smith wed 40 wives, Mormon church says

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, after a Democratic caucus lunch. Responding to the public outcry over lax care at Veterans Affairs health facilities, leaders of both parties plan debate soon on a bill to help vets waiting for months to get medical appointments. The House of Representatives advanced a VA reform bill today that passed 421-0. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mormon bishop under fire for Harry Reid criticism

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Flowers bloom in front of the Salt Lake Temple in Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday unveiled a new collection that features some of the faith's most treasured artifacts, including a page from the original Book of Mormon manuscript written by founder Joseph Smith. The &quot;Foundations of Faith&quot; exhibit that opens to the public this week in the church's history library in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mormon church’s international mark on display

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Mormon missionary dies in Honduras

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More missionaries, slight rise in Mormon converts

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press