Elder Bednar Praises Filipino Members’ “Uncomplicated Faith,” Resiliency
By Moroni Channel Newsroom Salt Lake City, Utah, USA After a recent visit to the Philippines, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke of a sweet phrase he heard often as Filipino Latter-day Saints prayed: “We are so much thankful.”...
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...