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11 Things I Wish I Had Known as a Young Woman

Author's note: I want to be clear that I am not a certified psychologist or a specialist on female adolescent development. I am one woman who is fortunate to have a job that exposes me to stories and gospel truths on a daily basis that expand my experience and knowledge. I hope some of what I can share will help others understand their place and purpose in the Church a little more fully.

Stories of Faith

‘Trust the Savior will bring your loved ones home’: Why a world-class cellist returned to her childhood faith

By Emily Linder

A series of remarkable promptings and experiences led a world-class cellist back to the faith she’d decidedly left more than 20 years earlier.

Latter-day Saints Can Share Faith with Personalized, Printable Pass-along Cards

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have accounts with Mormon.org can now print off pass-along cards personalized with their profile information to hand out to people with whom they wish to share the gospel.

Muslim student finds Mormon BYU faith-affirming

Like many students at Brigham Young University-Idaho, Schada Alkamari felt spiritually drawn to the religious university. But the Moroccan citizen didn’t enroll to immerse herself in the Mormon faith. She came to BYU-Idaho, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to reaffirm her own religious beliefs.

Pope's 'Five-finger Prayer' Resonates with Various Faiths

Pope Francis has shared a model for prayer using the hand’s five fingers both in person and online, and the guide picked up traction on Facebook on Sept. 5. Several sources attribute the five-finger prayer method to then-Cardinal Bergoglio, but the current pope taught it “well before he became 'Pope Francis,'” according to an article on the Catholic Vote.org.

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Faith in Every Footstep

GOP rivals have different takes on Mormon faith

Republican presidential primary rivals Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are both Mormons whose ancestral roots run deep into the church’s pioneer history - intertwining, in fact, several generations back. Relatives of both men have served near the top of Mormonism’s global hierarchy. But in public remarks they have drawn strikingly different religious self-portraits. Romney is highly active and orthodox - he was a top local lay leader in Massachusetts for years, and he has embraced his church unequivocally: “I believe in my Mormon faith and endeavor to live by it,’’ he said in a major speech in 2007.

LDS Women Brought to Life in New 'Women of Faith' Film

Martha Hughes Cannon made history in 1896 when she became the first female state senator elected in the United States, defeating both the odds and her own husband, who was also on the ballot.

Russia's Mormons: Keeping the faith

Rather than fantasizing about an ancestral American holy land or rallying behind high-profile Mormon Mitt Romney’s Republican bid for the U.S. presidency, Russian Mormons say they are focused on building up their faith in Russia. “To say it’s a particularly American religion is, to me, not entirely true,” said Vasily Sapozhnikov, a 29-year-old musician who converted about ten years ago, and who, with his tousled blond hair, looks every bit the Western pop star. “It's not about where it started, but about one’s inner feelings – and about God.”

Latter-day Saint Life

Mormons in the Rodeo: LDS Competitors Find Extra Strength in Faith

There are many things a missionary has to worry about when returning home from two-year service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: going back to school, finding a job, catching up with friends and getting back into shape, to name a few.