Groups ask Trump administration to investigate LDS Church
By Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah, USA A lobbyist group for nontheists and a gay rights organization have requested an investigation by the U.S. State and Justice departments into the way LDS Church missionaries obtained some visas. But those close to the...
Genealogical Records Presented to the Government of Samoa
By Mormon Newsroom Apia, Samoa On February 16, 2017, representatives from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presented historically important microfilm records to officials from the Government of the Independent State of Samoa. The presentation...
Maxine Grimm, LDS Church Pioneer in the Philippines, Dies at Age 102
By LDS.org Maxine Tate Shields Grimm, 102—whose pioneering efforts for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines helped make it possible for LDS missionaries to begin work in the nation in the early 1960s—died February 10, 2017, in...
LDS Church Announces the creation of a Global Higher-education Organization, BYU–Pathway Worldwide
By Mormon Newsroom The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the creation of a global higher-education organization, BYU–Pathway Worldwide (BYU–PW). The institution will have responsibility for all online certificate...