After Joseph Smith’s death in 1844, the young Mormon Church faced chaos, betrayal, and the question of who would lead next.

The Church teaches us on the one hand that a living prophet is more valuable to us than even the scriptures (!), and instructs Primary children to follow the prophet and never "go astray." But then it ...

Two years ago, senior apostle Russell M. Nelson stared straight into a camera at Brigham Young University-Hawaii and confidently confessed to a worldwide assembly of Mormon millennials that social ...

Gordon B. Hinckley, an 84-year-old optimist, took the helm of the LDS Church in 1995, when most Americans knew little about it. During Hinckley’s 13-year presidential tenure, the indefatigable Mormon ...

SALT LAKE CITY (SLT) Due to declining health, LDS church President Thomas S. Monson has given up overseeing the global faith’s daily operations, but his absence will scarcely alarm most Mormons.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced its new First Presidency, the Church's highest governing body, on ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Josh Rich clutched an envelope as he paid his last respects to Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley. Inside was a hand-drawn picture of heaven and a letter from the 9-year-old ...

After the historic opening of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ 150th operating temple — the Provo City Center Temple — the church’s president and Prophet Thomas S. Monson announced ...

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are mourning the death of their president, Gordon B. Hinckley, while their top leadership begins to assemble to name his successor—which will ...

It was a heist that, in retrospect, was unlikely to escape without notice. Four thieves drove a truck with a large trailer into a parking lot in the wee hours of Tuesday morning and stole a bronze ...