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Visa problems slow LDS missions to Brazil
Hundreds of Mormon missionaries assigned to serve in Brazil increasingly find themselves preaching not in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo or Fortaleza, but instead in Philadelphia, Pocatello, Idaho, or even Provo. The LDS Church’s São Paulo Missionary Training Center, which can accommodate up to 700 trainees, currently houses only about 60, none of them U.S. citizens. And the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has lowered the missionary age from 19 to 18 for male Brazilians to make up for the loss of full-time American missionaries.
LDS politicians to play a role in Hawaii's elections
For members of the LDS Church in Hawaii, Mitt Romney won’t be the only politician who shares their faith on the ballot this year. This election year will have nominees from both parties that are active members of the church. Maria Agurto, a senior political science major from California, is the head of the Young Republicans Club here on campus. She noted the benefit of having members of the church run for office. “I think it brings the church experience. There are different aspects. People can be benefitted by members of the church running for office because they have a different outlook on other people’s lives.” She continued by saying, “They have core beliefs which drive their campaigns.”
A Lutheran bishop's perspective on Mormon baptism for the dead
The Latter-day Saint practice of vicarious baptism on behalf of the dead is once again a focus of controversy. In the past few weeks, it's been portrayed in the news media and on the web as unbiblical, ghoulish, bizarre, shameful, vicious, anti-Semitic, immoral, hateful, an exercise in "black magic" and (by some extremists) possibly even illegal. A national television commentator recently named President Thomas S. Monson among "the worst people in the world" for presiding over the practice. It's high time for the view of a very respected non-Mormon scholar to be heard above the noise.
From the Church
LDS Church condemns past racism 'inside and outside the church'
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a forceful statement Wednesday condemning racism, "including any and all past racism by individuals both inside and outside the church." The statement came in response to a Washington Post political story about Mitt Romney's run for the presidency and his faith's former ban on giving black men the priesthood. The story included reported comments from a popular BYU religion professor that included personal speculation about the former ban. Many Mormons were upset by Professor Randy Bott's reported comments and some considered them racist.
Archbishop to United Nations Speaks on Similarities to Mormonism
[Archbishop Bernardito] Auza spoke of the various persecutions both Catholics and Latter-day Saints have experienced throughout history and even noted that had there been no persecution of the saints he could be speaking from Palmyra, New York; or Kirtland, Ohio; or Far West, Missouri; or Nauvoo, Illinois. All places of persecution for the Mormons.
Do Mormons really want recognition as a 'mainstream' religion?
To members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who view Mitt Romney's successful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination as a significant step toward acceptance of the church as a mainstream American religion, respected Harvard professor Noah Feldman has these words of caution: "Be careful what you wish for." In early 2008, Feldman, a professor of constitutional and international law at Harvard, wrote a long essay in the New York Times titled "What Is it About Mormonism?" in which he speculated that "the soft bigotry of cultural discomfort may stand in the way of a candidate whose faith examplifies values of charity, self-discipline and community that we as Americans claim to hold dear."
Lesson Helps
Young Men Lesson 36: Patriarchal Blessings
Manual 3; Supplement from "Special Experiences," by Ronald A. Rasband
LDS Events Calendar
Men and Women of Faith Lecture - “Amy Brown Lyman's Mission in Europe”
Miracle Happening for LDS Girl Hit by Car
A BYU student who suffered critical head injuries last week after being hit by a car just outside the campus boundaries is making remarkable progress.
From the Church
Church Releases Statement About Ending, Changing Pageants
By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church released the following statement on October 27, 2018: