So who decides on the new apostles? That's easy. The LDS Church president makes that call. Right now, that man is 88-year-old Thomas S. Monson.

After describing the heroic life of black Mormon pioneer Jane Manning James, LDS apostle M. Russell Ballard told a worldwide audience of Mormons on Sunday that bigotry in any form is un-Christian.

(RNS) — The LDS Church didn't wait until April's General Conference to fill the vacancy, appointing British convert and longtime Church leader Patrick Kearon as its newest apostle.

SALT LAKE CITY — There’s no telling when LDS authorities will fill the void left by longtime Mormon apostle L. Tom Perry who died Saturday (May 30). But that it will happen is an essential ...

SALT LAKE CITY – All Mormon apostles are seen by members as “prophets, seers and revelators.” They also become full-time executives, running a billion-dollar enterprise.

The Mormon apostles. At its highest levels the Mormon church is run by fifteen leaders: a First Presidency, made up of the president of the church and his two counselors, ...

That was one Twitter reaction upon hearing that all three of the new Mormon apostles named Saturday (Oct. 3) would once again be white and Utah-born. Disappointed but not disaffected sums it up ...

KUTV The brother of a Mormon apostle says he worries that gay people - such as himself - will have a harder time finding a place in the church with a new policy dealing with same-sex couples and ...

Joseph B. Wirthlin, 91, the Mormon Church’s oldest living apostle, died Monday night at his home in Salt Lake City. The church said he died of causes related to his age. Wirthlin was ordained a ...

KUTV An LDS church apostle addressed what is being called the Mormon LGBT suicide epidemic at a recent speech in the nation's capitol.It is the first time a high-ranking church official has ...