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Youth stand in front of a painting of Jesus Christ in an LDS church building.
Latter-day Saint Life
Missouri youth host ‘For the Strength of Adults’ conference for leaders
By  Church News
February 10, 2026 10:34 AM MST
“The reason we planned this activity is because we wanted to be able to give back to the adults that have given us so much love and support throughout our time as youth.”
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Elder Ronald A. Rasband and Sister Melanie Rasband pose for a picture with Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Dëmin, middle, and LaRee and Travis Hansen, BYU’s senior associate athletic director, at the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Latter-day Saint Life
Elder Rasband meets with NBA player at Temple Square
By  Church News
February 09, 2026 11:21 AM MST
The Apostle read a scripture from Isaiah with the Brooklyn Nets player while overlooking the flags in Temple Square plaza.
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The Olympic rings in front of a Milan Cortina Olympics arena.
Latter-day Saint Life
Watch for this Latter-day Saint athlete in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
By  Church News
February 06, 2026 10:18 AM MST
Watching the 2026 Winter Olympics? Look for this Latter-day Saint athlete on Team USA's four-man bobsled team.
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Latter-day Saint Life
The new hymn that began during a sacrament meeting
By  Church News
February 02, 2026 10:07 AM MST
As words came to mind, Stephen A. Reynolds wrote them down on his printed program.
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President Oaks to speak at BYU
By  Church News
January 30, 2026 10:16 AM MST
President Dallin H. Oaks will speak at Brigham Young University’s weekly campus devotional on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
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Latter-day Saint Life
Family discovers 1,600 Italian ancestors
By  Church News
January 29, 2026 10:01 AM MST
The Molinaros now refer to what happened as their “family history miracle.”
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Stacie Powell, the first female US Navy chaplain for the LDS Church, smiles with Todd Linton and Tamara Harris.
Stories of Faith
Meet the Church’s first female US Navy chaplain
By  Church News
January 28, 2026 10:04 AM MST
The 49-year-old wife, mother, and grandmother recently became the first female active-duty Navy chaplain endorsed by the Church.
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Stories of Faith
87 baptized in the Kasumbalesa Democratic Republic of the Congo Stake in one day
By  Church News
January 22, 2026 09:22 AM MST
This marked a major spiritual milestone in the growth of the Church in the city of Kasumbalesa.
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President R. Kelly Haws, BYU–Hawaii's acting president, and his wife, Sister Nancy Haws, greet students following the first campus devotional of the semester, held in the Cannon Activities Center on Jan. 13, 2026, in Laie, Hawaii.
Latter-day Saint Life
A profound piece of counsel from the new acting president of BYU–Hawaii
By  Church News
January 21, 2026 10:12 AM MST
President R. Kelly Haws had a simple message for BYU–Hawaii students during his first devotional.
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Stories of Faith
Friends of 79 years to serve as missionary companions in Guam
By  Church News
January 15, 2026 09:45 AM MST
Both women hope to use their individual backgrounds to serve.
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Church adjusts how sister missionaries serve at Temple Square
By  Church News
January 12, 2026 11:22 AM MST
Adjustments are intended to enhance the guest experience and increase missionary opportunities.
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Temple Worship
What Church leaders have taught about temples
By  Church News
January 08, 2026 10:16 AM MST
“In these Houses of the Lord, we are taught the most important things we can learn in mortality, the knowledge of eternity.”
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Keynote speakers for RootsTech 2026
By  Church News
January 07, 2026 11:52 AM MST
RootsTech 2026 has announced seven keynote speakers, three to speak at the in-person event and four to speak virtually.
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Missionary work highlights from 2025
By  Church News
January 05, 2026 09:57 AM MST
Every region in the world experienced at least a 20 percent increase in convert baptisms.
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Lyrics updated in song ‘When I Am Baptized’
By  Church News
December 22, 2025 05:51 PM MST
The refreshed song was published in the January 2026 issue of the Friend magazine.
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Joseph and Mary hold the baby Jesus on the night of His birth.
Latter-day Saint Life
Watch: Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert guest artists read Luke 2
By  Church News
December 22, 2025 10:23 AM MST
One tradition of the Christmas concert is the reading of the Christmas story in Luke 2.
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Temple Worship
Beautiful light displays at temples around the world
By  Church News
December 18, 2025 10:13 AM MST
Each location offers its own traditions that draw visitors throughout December.
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Latter-day Saint Life
10 principles about recognizing and understanding revelation
By  Church News
December 11, 2025 11:01 AM MST
“If you are really trying to listen and to be a disciple of Christ, you are walking in the Spirit—more than you maybe realize,” says Elder John A. McCune
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The Holy Land was dedicated 180 years ago for ‘Judah’s scattered remnants.’ Here's what that means today
By  Church News
October 25, 2021 12:46 PM MDT
Before sunrise on Sunday, Oct. 24, 1841, Elder Orson Hyde of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles exited the city walls of Jerusalem, crossed the brook Cedron and climbed the Mount of Olives.
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Temple Square building fire: Likely cause and damage identified at Joseph Smith Memorial Building
By  Church News
October 21, 2021 09:51 AM MDT
No injuries or major damage were reported after a fire was extinguished at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night.
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President Eyring urges members to follow the prophet, like pioneer silkworm farmers did
By  Church News
October 20, 2021 08:28 AM MDT
Returning to his boyhood ward, President Henry B. Eyring repeatedly urged his audience to “follow the prophet” as he spoke at the 80th anniversary celebration of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers monument in Salt Lake City, honoring Utah’s silkworm industry.
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The Purpose of the New Aaronic Priesthood Theme and How It Unites Young Men Worldwide
By  Church News
November 27, 2019 03:06 PM MST
The words of the Aaronic Priesthood quorum theme can help us understand and remember who we are and why we are here and help us walk the covenant path. The words can also help us understand that each day is part of the journey of improving as we strive to do better and be better than ever before. For truly, we are sons of a Father in Heaven who knows and loves us.
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A Year Later, a Latter-day Saint Mom Shares How Preparation Assisted in Her Survival of A Cabin Explosion
By  Church News
November 21, 2019 06:00 PM MST
Lori Walker had no premonition that she would be seriously injured in a cabin explosion.
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Elder Uchtdorf's Remarkable Story of How Good Can Come From Your Mission, Even Years Later
By  Church News
November 08, 2019 02:39 PM MST
Elder Uchtdorf addressed 1,647 missionaries at the Provo MTC in an hour-long devotional message given Tuesday. His message of love and encouragement was to remind missionaries of the unseen miracles that they can bring to the lives of others.
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