Deseret News

October 11, 2023 07:00 AM MDT
Faith was important to Jonathan Roumie before he was cast as Jesus in “The Chosen,” but he learned he would play the role just hours after a “desperate” prayer for help.
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August 28, 2023 06:00 AM MDT
A Fortune.com editor wrote of Davis Smith, “Of all the founders I’ve interviewed, not one had ever even brought up their faith, let alone cited religion as a factor in any kind of decision-making.”
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August 10, 2023 07:00 AM MDT
Watch a new scene from “The Chosen” season 4 and find out when the season will be available in theaters and for streaming.
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June 29, 2023 01:50 PM MDT
The number of missionaries representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has increased over the past year. Here are the inspiring numbers behind the shift.
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June 02, 2023 07:00 AM MDT
Latter-day Saint writer-historians Richard Turley and Barbara Jones Brown spent 14 years researching everything they could about the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
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April 20, 2023 07:25 AM MDT
The directors of the staggering seismic upgrade and renovation of the iconic Salt Lake Temple fully expected the unexpected when they started to excavate the pioneer landmark’s foundation.
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April 14, 2023 12:00 PM MDT
The 12-hour pour includes more than 150 ready-mix concrete trucks providing the new footings for the historic temple’s west tower.
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October 12, 2022 12:59 PM MDT
Joseph Smith and others once visited Salem, Massachusetts, and took interest in the Salem witch trials. Here’s what they had to say about it.
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September 14, 2022 10:58 AM MDT
Church leaders have joined with others to call for legal protection of the rights of LGBTQ individuals in Florida.
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September 02, 2022 02:56 PM MDT
“Let me be clear where BYU stands on this issue: racism is disgusting and unacceptable.”
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August 31, 2022 07:00 AM MDT
Cheese. Potatoes. Cornflakes. Or potato chips? It depends. Either way, when Latter-day Saints think about cheesy potato goodness, they are thinking about funeral potatoes.
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July 28, 2022 12:40 PM MDT
Lachlan Mackay was anticipating a variety of responses when he and his uncle, Daniel Larsen, released a new daguerreotype last week that they believe is Joseph Smith after keeping it a secret for two years.
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July 27, 2022 01:44 PM MDT
“I don’t think there’s a day that goes by that we don’t think about our experience in Baltimore.”
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July 22, 2022 01:47 PM MDT
Joseph Smith’s great-great grandson recently found a daguerreotype inside an old family locket—and he believes it’s a photo the Prophet himself.
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July 22, 2022 06:00 AM MDT
A new monument honoring early Black pioneers will be dedicated on Friday, July 22, corresponding with the 175th anniversary of the first wagon company’s 1847 arrival in the Salt Lake Valley.
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July 18, 2022 10:01 AM MDT
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf visited with young women and men, listening to their experiences and sharing some words of encouragement.
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July 12, 2022 11:20 AM MDT
“Rudy” Ruettiger, the Notre Dame football walk-on whose story became a feature film, spoke to an online audience about his story and faith.
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July 11, 2022 12:15 PM MDT
Yeah Samaké—the father of three, BYU grad, and convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—announced his candidacy last month.
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January 07, 2019 07:02 PM MST
A couple of years ago, Ray Goodson had his hip replaced on a Tuesday. By Friday, to the astonishment of, among others, his surgeon, he was off his pain meds and playing golf.
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November 08, 2018 05:28 PM MST
His wife has lost much of her memory, and President Henry B. Eyring's effort to capture his memories with her makes a surprising new exhibit of his water colors especially poignant.
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March 19, 2018 03:10 PM MDT
During an interview with the Deseret News, billionaire Gail Miller shared powerful insights into her life as the wife of Larry H. Miller and into what it's like being a woman in business. Among her powerful responses, Gail explained how her faith has grown as an LDS woman and shared an important message for LDS women living in the world today.
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November 22, 2017 01:47 PM MST
"I'm so excited to announce 'Closer to Home,' a homeless teen initiative that's bringing a lot of fun people together to rally around these incredible kids," Dawn Armstrong says in a new video featuring The Piano Guys and other LDS YouTube sensations.
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November 21, 2017 09:12 PM MST
"Harriet draws people to her,” said Elder Andersen after Sister Uchtdorf received the German-American Friendship Award. “She has promoted German and American friendships, but in a much broader sense she has been an example of the Savior’s teachings for all of God’s children: Love one another as I have loved you.”
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November 01, 2017 03:18 PM MDT
“When something like this happens, we all need one another,” Elder Rasband toldresidents of California as he walked through the ashes that comprised all that was left of their homes. “The old adage ‘no man is an island, no man stands alone’—that thought has come to my mind here this morning as I’ve seen how these wonderful brothers and sisters who have lost every earthly possession have just loved being with each other and look to each other for love and comfort.”
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