When Zac Whitlock, Utah Valley University student body president, leaves for school each morning, he can see the new Orem Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near the UVU campus. “I am overjoyed and excited for the temple,” Whitlock said. “The suspense has ...

The Jewish culture and traditions are all about God and families. They love and support each other, including extended family members. That is why Rabbi Chaim Zippel traveled to Israel with his wife, Esty, and their 1-year-old son to help celebrate her young brother’s bar mitzvah. But he ...

Broadway’s Michael Maliakel ("Aladdin") and actor Lesley Nicol ("Downton Abbey") will join the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square as the featured guest artists for this year’s Christmas concerts on Dec. 14, 15, and 16, at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. Tickets to this year’s ...

Can we get an amen for man's best friend? St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Provo will be holding the annual Blessing of the Animals in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. This event is open to everyone, and all creatures are welcome. In ...

It has taken five years and countless hours of review and research, but an announcement about the release of a new hymnbook for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was made during general conference weekend. The new hymnbook, entitled “Hymns—for Home and Church,” will start ...

President Russell M. Nelson delivered his address during the 193rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through a prerecorded video. A recent fall that injured the muscles in his back made him unable to stand and attend the festivities in ...

Sunday morning's session of the 193rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened with President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, bearing his raw testimony. He shared that his eyesight is deteriorating and ...

Two empty chairs assigned to President Russell M. Nelson, prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were noticeable Saturday morning as members joined in the Salt Lake Conference Center to worship during the ...

The Saturday evening session of the 193rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints brought messages on equality and kindness toward others, happiness, humility and God’s eternal family. The session was conducted by President Dallin H. Oaks, who ...

"All that we have and all that we are comes from God." Those are the words of Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as he spoke in the Saturday afternoon session of the 193rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the face ...