MormonNewsroom.org Updates
It has been two full months since The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called publicly for legislators to pass laws that safeguard religious freedoms while also extending protections in housing and employment for LGBT people. Six weeks after the Church’s news conference and after intense negotiations between various community stakeholders, the Utah State legislature passed groundbreaking legislation that achieved that goal. Full Story
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discussed the importance of women’s roles in the home and family and serving others as hundreds of thousands of women, young women and girls 8 years old and older gathered around the world on Saturday, March 28, 2015, for the general women’s session of the 185th Annual General Conference. The session was held at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, and broadcast live in 66 languages to Latter-day Saint chapels, on television and radio and over the Internet. Full Story
For nearly a decade at this time of year a special Easter celebration has taken place, the “Life of Christ” event in the Vancouver Washington West Stake (group of congregations) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Full Story
It wasn't long after Cyclone Pam ripped through Vanuatu (an island nation roughly 1,000 miles northeast of Australia) on March 13, 2015, that you could find local leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hard at work, rebuilding homes. Full Story
