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We are writing today from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a remarkable melting pot and combination of cultures and faiths. It reminds us of how important it is for religions to understand each other, and that each religion be able to accurately explain its teachings, particularly to children.

From the Church

Stunning Church Video Helps You Feel What it's Like Keeping the Sabbath Holy

The Mormon Channel recently released a video that shows the fast pace and hectic world we live in today. Then, it's sudden and touching transition into more spiritual images and music really makes you feel the reverence and peace of the blessing we call the Sabbath. Check it out:

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Watch: Wayne Burton Singing Christmas Song With Angelic Choir Will Give You Chills

By LDS Living

Listen to this beautiful version of "O Come All Ye Faithful," sung by Wayne Burton and members of the One Voice Children's Choir.

LDS Church in Washington, D.C., Joins Unity Walk to Remember 9/11

In a remarkable show of unity, every house of worship along Washington's Embassy Row opened their doors to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and welcomed people of all faiths to celebrate their commonalities rather than their differences. Among them were Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus and Christians, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anne Golightly, who serves as an LDS public affairs director for the Washington metropolitan area, stood with an Episcopal bishop, a Jewish rabbi and a Buddhist chaplain to share a message of faith with the hundreds of people gathered at the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C.

From the Church

Temple groud breaking in Tijuana, Mexico

Breaking ground, whether for a new crop of corn or a new temple, is an act of faith. And on Saturday, Aug. 18, some 2,000 Latter-day Saints gathered in East Tijuana to dedicate the site of a new temple and turn the soil again with hope.Elder Benjamin De Hoyos of the Seventy and first counselor in the Mexico Area Presidency, presided at the gathering with second counselor, Elder Jose L. Alonso, also of the Seventy, directing. Meanwhile, like the pioneers of old, the LDS faithful stood or sat in the dusty desert sun, fanning themselves as they listened to testimonies, counsel and expressions of gratitude. Colorful umbrellas, to ward away the rays, sprouted here and there like wildflowers.

Harry Reid: Mitt Romney is not the face of Mormonism

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he agrees with a fellow Mormon who wrote recently that Mitt Romney has "sullied" the LDS faith and that the GOP presidential candidate is "not the face of Mormonism." Reid, a Mormon Democrat from Nevada, blasted Romney in a conference call for reporters over a litany of things the Republican nominee has said recently. And Reid added that Latter-day Saints aren’t buying Romney’s rhetoric.

Nicholls State University Offers Class on Book of Mormon

Robert Coker is instructing post-secondary level religion courses at Nicholls associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in order to educate students about the Mormon faith.

Latino Mormons speaking out against Romney over immigration issue

When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home." The Catholic-educated Packard, who grew up in "the middle of Mayan ruins," appreciated the faith's strong sense of family and conservative values. She also saw her own history in the Book of Mormon with stories of migrations, tragedies and triumphs of a people many Mormons believe are the ancestors of some present-day Latinos.

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.

Famous Latter-day Saints

5 Mormon Politicians You Want To Know About

Latter-day Saints around the world participate in the political process, whether as voters or as legislators. “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulesr, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law” (12th Article of Faith).