As of the end of June, record-high convert baptisms during the past 12 months marked a milestone year for The Church of Jesus ...

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.

Mormon apostle Robert D. Hales’ death Sunday leaves an opening in high-level LDS Church leadership that must be filled.

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 ...

(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.

When Mormon leaders lecture young people (or anyone else), it would be great if they could so without suggesting that anyone who has ever strayed from their carefully delineated path is under the ...

These two men are the first non-white apostles in the church's history.

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 ...

Archaeologists have begun to exhume the body of an early Mormon church leader for reburial in Salt Lake City with four of his 12 wives.

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.

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 ...