What They're Saying About "Us"
BYU is 'most popular school' U.S. News says
As long as he can remember, Dalton Griner knew he would come to BYU. "Ever since I was little, BYU was it for me," the 18-year-old Sandy native said. So when his long-shot application to Princeton was accepted, he was flattered and excited — but not swayed. Students like Griner and Cody Pettit...
Are LDS missionaries throwing off Idaho college stats?
Mormon Life says: We do take a long time (on average) to finish college.
State officials are promising to remedy low college completion statistics in Idaho, but the statistics may not be completely accurate due to a large population of Church of Jesus Christ of...
LDS college recruitment debate could lead to discrimination
Recruitment letters sent to Mormon students have stoked debate and become a hot topic for conversation around town recently. Much of the discussion has centered on Northwest College’s use of public funding to target a select group of religious students. It’s healthy to have those conversations...
College targets LDS high school students, debate ensues
Mormon Life says: Was poor judgment used or has the issue been blown out of proportion?
A recruitment letter sent by Northwest College President Paul Prestwich to students who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has sparked controversy on campus. It also has...
Mormons and Catholics join forces
Mormon Life says: This journalist speculates on why a Catholic cardinal would want to cozy up to Mormons.
* Comment is free * Cif belief Mormons and Catholics join forces A US cardinal has been talking up Mormon-Catholic relations. It's conservatism, rather than theology, that brings...
BYU fans respond (or don’t) to religious taunts from San Diego State
Before Wednesday night's matchup between BYU and San Diego State in Provo, Utah, several BYU students had tried to call on fellow classmates to dress like missionaries while in attendance, according to a story written by the Deseret News' Jeff Call, via the Mormon Times. The plan was a...
Boston Globe: Concerns linger over planned Mormon chapel
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hopes to begin building a new house of worship in Brookline as soon as this summer to ease the strain of growing membership at the area’s Mormon meetinghouses. But some neighbors say the chapel, designed for two congregations, would overwhelm the...
Catholic Cardinal to BYU: LDS, Catholics must defend religious freedom
The growing assault on religious freedom in the United States must be met by the combined defenses of both Catholics and Latter-day Saints, Cardinal Francis George told a packed Marriott Center on the BYU campus Tuesday morning. "In recent years, Catholics and members of The Church of Jesus...
LDS Church, 4 others report growth
Only five of America's 25 largest religious denominations reported growth in the past year and that included the Roman Catholic Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eight of the 25 top denominations reported membership decreases in the past year, while the remaining 13...
NY Times: Paying tribute to Mormon Church’s Ohio roots
Tim Powell remembers when the “Utah Mormons” first came to town with their plans in the early 1990s. They wanted to recreate a historic village that would explain the role this city played as the Mormon Church’s headquarters in the 1830s and celebrate the fact that the faith’s first temple is...
Why do they hate us? The responses
I asked for it. My column last week was met with an overwhelming response from active Latter-day Saints, objective religious observers and fervent anti-Mormons. It made its way onto several message boards and blogs, sparking discussions that ran the gamut from the insightful and constructive to...
Muslim clerics: We can learn from Mormons
Mormon Life says: This is a really great article. Love the connection Latter-day Saints and Muslims are forming.
Muslims could benefit from analyzing how Mormonism moved from being a misunderstood, beleaguered faith to a respected member of the American religious mainstream. That was the conclusion of a...
Will BYU be deemed not a "cultural" fit for the Pac-10?
Mormon Life says: A source is quoted in this article saying "what we were dealing with was good old-fashioned religious discrimination that was masquerading as academic snobbery." If this Pac-10 expansion moves forward it will be very interesting to see if religion does indeed play a role.
New Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott's announcement Tuesday that the conference is looking "very seriously" at expansion and could be inviting schools within the next six to 12 months to join the...
NY Times: Huge Church project renews downtown, and debate
Mormon Life says: The New York Times discusses the issues surrounding the Church's involvement in the SLC downtown revitalization plans.
For many devout Mormons, Utah’s capital city is important mainly as a setting for the jewel that really matters: Temple Square at the city’s center. Brigham Young, the pioneer leader of the Church...
Phoenix temple will take 8 months to 1 year to redesign
Mormon Life says: Hopefully the neighborhood will like the changes.
Since voters won't go to the polls to approve a height increase for the proposed Phoenix Arizona Temple, the attention shifts to the Mormon Church's redesign of the building. The City Council on...
