They were suspected of breaking into homes in Mesa. But it wasn't security cameras or even police officers that led to their capture. It was Mormon missionaries on their way home from their missionary work who stopped the crime. Fighting crime isn't something most young members of the LDS church ever expect to do while on their mission. But a pair of Mormon missionaries came to the rescue, busting a pair of suspected would-be burglars.

"The divine doctrine of eternal marriage is infused with ennobling and selflessly motivated duties and obligations," Elder Bednar said. "The covenant and responsibilities of marriage provide a sacred context within which we gradually turn from self-centeredness and selfishness to selflessness and service. In marriage, we live not exclusively for ourselves but for our spouses and children and posterity."

From the Philippines to Canada and Portugal to Brazil, learn more about the new mission presidents and their wives called by the Church.

Julie and her husband Dave once thought they would never be able to have children because of fertility issues.

Set to inspiring and patriotic images, this touching rendition of "America the Beautiful" reminds us of all the reasons America truly is beautiful and the men and women who have sacrificed to keep it that way. With the music arranged and performed by Monica Scott and the video created by Tyler Farr, this inspiring video is "dedicated to the brave men and women who fought and continue to fight for our country."

Read the Provo Utah Temple dedicatory prayer written by President Joseph Fielding Smith and offered by President Harold B. Lee on February 9, 1972.

The Church has called mission presidents and their wives to serve in missions in Mexico and Guam.

Christopher Jones is a father, husband, and historian. A graduate of Brigham Young University (BA, 2007; MA, 2009) and the College of William & Mary (PhD, 2016), he is currently an assistant professor of history at BYU, where he teaches a variety of courses, including Revolutionary America, African American Family History, Slavery and the Slave Trade, Family and Law in American History, and Missions and Missionaries in American History. His research focuses on religion, race, slavery, and family in early America and the Atlantic World, and his work has been published in Religion & American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation, the Journal of Mormon History, and BYU Studies Quarterly. He is currently completing two book projects - a study of Methodism in Revolutionary America and a co-edited volume on Protestant and Latter-day Saint missions in American History. Christopher lives in South Jordan, Utah with his wife, Karim—a content creator, author, and photographer—and their four children. As a family, they enjoy food (both cooking and eating), hiking, reading, travel, and sports.

As part of her research for the KSL special “Love and Marriage: A Modern Take on a Traditional Vow,” producer Candice Madsen visited separately with Dr. Jason Carroll, a Brigham Young University professor and author of “Sexual Wholeness in Marriage,” and Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, a psychotherapist specializing in relationship and sexuality counseling.