A high-ranking official in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who oversaw a global temple building boom under ...

(The Conversation) — The church, whose members are often known as Mormons, has grown from a small community to 17.5 million members around the world – but not without some tensions. Oaks will inherit ...

The elevation of 62-year-old Frenchman Gérald Caussé to apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints drew ...

Russell M. Nelson pushed the church away from members’ longtime nickname, ‘Mormons’ – a term that has shaped other Americans’ view of the church for 200 years.

Born in Bordeaux, the 62-year-old leader, whom church President Dallin H. Oaks appointed to his new lifetime post Thursday, ...

Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Saturday night at the age of 101, church officials announced. Nelson died at his home in Salt Lake ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has spent the past few weeks in a moment of both mourning and transition. On Sept. 28, 2025, a shooting and arson at a Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in ...

Oaks will inherit leadership of a religious institution that is both deeply American and increasingly global – diversity at odds with the way it’s typically represented in mainstream media, from “The ...