“Christmas is that rarest of seasons — when we see others with new eyes, when we open our hearts a little more to the beauty around us, and reach out to others with a little more kindness and compassion,” said President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional. Thousands of people gathered for the annual event in the Conference Center on Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Sunday, December 6, 2015. Full Story
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined community and civic officials to break ground for the first temple in Portugal. Full Story
More than 800 Church-service missionaries gathered to hear President Dieter F. Uchtdorf say that “having charity and caring for one another is not simply a good idea. It is not simply one more in a seemingly infinite list of things we ought to consider doing. It is the core of the gospel — an indispensable, essential, foundational element.” Full Story
In metropolitan Salt Lake City, more than 800 service missionaries join 185 Mormon congregations in the Salt Lake Inner City Mission every week to worship and help others become more self-reliant. The volunteer missionaries live at home but travel to the inner city chapels of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to assist those in need. Full Story
Braving cold temperatures in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, visitors to historic Temple Square felt the warmth of Christmas as millions of tiny lights were illuminated on Friday, November 27, 2015. “Nothing like the lights at Temple Square,” was heard by one visitor during the annual lighting. Full Story
