We do not understand with perfect clarity the activities of those in Paradise, but I have wondered what Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were doing during the reigns of Jeroboam and his appalling successors. We know they are Gods now (see D&C 132:37), but in those early years of apostasy, the view from above must have been heartrending.

Police in Portland, Oregon, are searching for a missing hiker, Annie Schmidt, daughter of the famous LDS musician Jon Schmidt of The Piano Guys.

Over 650 were killed in the Ecuador earthquake, 11 of those members of the LDS Church. The devastation caused by the earthquake caused millions in damage and left over 8,000 injured. As the country begins to rebuild, the Church is playing a key role in providing humanitarian aid.

Gary Johnson recently wrote an exclusive article for the Deseret News, during which he clarified and gave more context for some of his comments about Mormons. He shares, "In response to a question thrown at me while walking down a street (in the rain), I expressed my reservations [about religious liberty being twisted as a tool to discriminate] rather emphatically—and cited the experience of Mormons as a case-in-point where religious persecution resulted in violent episodes right here in America.

“I feel very much at home with you. And I think that's because you and the LDS family seem just to radiate a very sincere friendliness and hospitality that I've experienced,” Cardinal Dolan told Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. The Apostle gave the keynote address at a New York City event, presenting Cardinal Dolan with this special award.

The death of a missionary is felt by every Church member in a deep and personal way, Elder David F. Evans, Executive Director of the Church’s Missionary Department, said today. He was commenting on the fact that ten young missionaries serving around the world have died from accident or illness over the course of this year. The latest serious accident occurred in Idaho yesterday – a road accident which left a young missionary hospitalized and on life support.

When I got out my camera, a Mormon security guard made it clear that he didn’t like what I was doing. “Excuse me sir,” he said. “Please don’t feed the trolls.” The “trolls” were the anti-Mormon protesters carrying anti-Mormon signs and yelling anti-Mormon slurs—some of them using bullhorns. They amass at dusk on the seven nights in July when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints puts on its annual Hill Cumorah Pageant. It’s here, on a tree-lined hill that rises above the flat farmland of western New York state, that the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, claimed to have unearthed metal plates from which he translated the Book of Mormon. And for each of the last 75 years—except during World War II—Mormons have staged an elaborate production dramatizing the Book of Mormon’s sacred history of a Pre-Columbian Christian civilization.

In 2014, Meet the Mormons opened nationwide, helping to clear up misconceptions about Mormons and connecting with people from diverse walks of life. It also reached number 34 on a list of the biggest documentaries of all-time at the box office, according to Box Office Mojo.

President Hinckley had been speaking several minutes. He paused and explained that there was another person from the other side of the veil he had not mentioned. In a strong voice filled with emotion and joy, President Hinckley exclaimed, “Welcome, Father Lehi! Oh, how your heart must rejoice!”