After Joseph Smith’s death in 1844, the young Mormon Church faced chaos, betrayal, and the question of who would lead next. This documentary explores how Brigham Young and later prophets rebuilt the ...

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The church has sued to stop a sixth-generation member who was excommunicated for apostasy from calling his popular podcast "Mormon Stories." ...

The President, Prophet, Seer, Revelator and Trustee-in-Trust of the Mormons —as the ”peculiar people” call their lead—is the living oracle of God to whom Lord reveals whatever is necessary for the ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (Reuters) - A Utah judge rejected a motion to dismiss charges against a self-described "prophet" of a breakaway Mormon sect that practices polygamy after prosecutors rested their case ...

Elder Takashi Wada of the Seventy invited the campus community to learn from Book of Mormon prophets, learn of Christ and develop Christlike charity at the BYU devotional on Oct. 15. Elder Wada said ...

SALT LAKE CITY— Gordon B. Hinckley was remembered as a “prophet to the people” on Saturday as tens of thousands of faithful Mormons gathered to say goodbye to the church’s longtime president. The ...

Russell Marion Nelson Sr, prophet and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died aged 101. Nelson was married to Dantzel White from 1945 until her passing in 2005. As of his ...

Last November, Jay Pimentel began hearing that people in his neighborhood were receiving letters about him. Pimentel lives in Alameda, Calif., a small, liberal-leaning community hanging off Oakland ...