by Peggy Fletcher Stack and The Salt Lake Tribune | Nov 15, 2010 | News
(RNS) A newly published compilation of guidelines used worldwide by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has softened the language about gay Mormons. The book, known as the Church Handbook of Instructions, lays out Mormon policies on everything...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack and The Salt Lake Tribune | Oct 27, 2010 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormons may not know until the hereafter what causes same-sex attraction, but “God loves all his children” and expects everyone to do the same, a top Mormon leader said Sunday (Oct. 24). While the message—delivered to more than 200,000 Utah...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack and The Salt Lake Tribune | Oct 13, 2010 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) If a group of Orthodox Christians meeting in Salt Lake City this week (Oct. 14-16) has its way, future generations of Greek, Serbian, Russian and other ethnic faithful all will worship together in a single American church. A unified church would...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack and The Salt Lake Tribune | Oct 7, 2010 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Scores of Mormons say they felt confused and bruised after Apostle Boyd K. Packer unequivocally condemned same-sex marriage and insisted that gays can change their attractions with enough faith. It wasn’t the substance of Packer’s speech on Sunday...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack and The Salt Lake Tribune | Oct 5, 2010 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Despite an impressive number of men and women preaching the Mormon gospel across the globe, the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints needs even more missionaries, LDS President Thomas S. Monson said. A two-year mission is a...
