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Salt Lake City — (KUTV) Women did give healing blessings in the early days of the LDS church as sanctioned by Joseph Smith, but such practices stopped in the early 1900s and no longer continue today, ...

Many religious rites in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — from blessings and baptisms to confirmations and ordinations — are tactile experiences, requiring person-to-person contact.

He explains: The blessing finished with everyone in tears and my mom feeling much better. I am forever grateful to know that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and have ...

The overall argument that women (and children, and cats, and possibly guppies) can receive all the blessings of the priesthood just by having hands laid on their head and some lovely words spoken is, ...

OGDEN, Utah -- A priesthood blessing was given to a woman on the side of Interstate 15 moments after she was ejected from her car in Ogden Monday afternoon. Soon after, the ambulance arrived to take ...

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(KUTV) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is clearing up some possible confusion for its members who wish to perform ordinances, weddings, etc. during the coronavirus pandemic. A l ...

Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been called on by church leaders to respect a divine division of the sexes: Motherhood is the sacred privilege of women, and the ...

It was an LDS priesthood blessing that put 21-year-old Andrew Livermore’s mind at ease on Nov. 7, 2011, following a trampoline accident that paralyzed the Pocatello man from the waist down while he ...

SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is confirming new policies affecting members in same-sex relationships and their children, and the changes mean that children of ...