The most popular item on The Washington Post’s website on Sunday was a very good article by Jason Horowitz headlined “Is Mitt Romney’s Mormonism fair game?” The answer, as far as I’m concerned, came from a different publication altogether, The Financial Times. In a recent feature, the novelist Richard Ford observed that “a quarter of our citizens are in a twist over Mitt Romney being a Mormon (rather than just a nitwit).” The smug parenthetical aside, I think Ford has it about right.

Taiwan has fined a school for firing two Mormon teachers over their faith, marking the first time that religious discrimination in the workplace has been punished on the island, officials said on Wednesday. The Catholic Dominican International School, located in Taipei, has been fined US$20,000 (S$25,200) for sacking the two American women, according to the capital's labour bureau.

People continue to find new ways to use technology to bridge gaps and bring people together, including in the wide world of religion.

I had been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just a few days when a casual conversation among a group of friends turned to my recent conversion. Some were intrigued, even fascinated. A few were indifferent. One young woman my age simply and uncompromisingly refused to believe I was Christian.

MR Says: What an inspiring example of relying on the Savior to overcome life's toughest trials.

Reality TV star, model, and socialite Kourtney Kardashian recently posted a Snapchat that's been capturing the attention of the LDS community: it was an image of the Los Angeles Mormon temple.

ONE of the most striking scientific discoveries about religion in recent years is that going to church weekly is good for you. Religious attendance — at least, religiosity — boosts the immune system and decreases blood pressure. It may add as much as two to three years to your life. The reason for this is not entirely clear.Social support is no doubt part of the story. At the evangelical churches I’ve studied as an anthropologist, people really did seem to look out for one another. They showed up with dinner when friends were sick and sat to talk with them when they were unhappy. The help was sometimes surprisingly concrete. Perhaps a third of the church members belonged to small groups that met weekly to talk about the Bible and their lives. One evening, a young woman in a group I joined began to cry. Her dentist had told her that she needed a $1,500 procedure, and she didn’t have the money. To my amazement, our small group — most of them students — simply covered the cost, by anonymous donation.

In the run up to Mother's Day, I was a bit outspoken about taking care of our wives and mothers. It made for interesting conversation, and added pressure on me - because my EC reads my blog. (Which has helped fine-tune her eye-rolling and head shaking skills.) I think I did a decent enough job. You doubt? OK, I'll ask.

In a church that believes that the Lord asks that we give our all, it can be a struggle to be happy and to deal with what we perceive to be the pressure.

Elder D. Todd Christofferson presented members from Nepal with the first copies of the Book of Mormon translated into Nepali