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Article about LDS Latinos inaccurate
Mormon Life says: This letter to the editor challenges a recent article published about Latin members of the Church.
Editor, Do reporters actually do research before publishing articles? The AP reporter who wrote the article concerning Latino LDS members being against Romney and other LDS politicians was...
Mormonism enjoying dramatic growth in Latin America
Growing up in Colombia, Margarita García always considered herself a woman of faith. But no matter how many religions she explored, she couldn’t find the right one.It wasn't until she got baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — also known as the Mormon Church or the LDS...
Annual devotional a highlight among Latinos
The annual church-sponsored Latino devotional is a highlight each year for Latter-day Saint Hispanics and their friends living in Utah. But Sunday's edition of the popular event was viewed far beyond the last row of the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. For the first time, the Latino...
USNS Comfort returns after aiding more than 56,000 people
Mormon Life says: What an awesome impact this traveling medical center has been able to make!
The USNS Comfort has just returned from a five-month mission to nine countries, where it was able to help more than 56,000 people. The Comfort is part of five-year running mission, Continuing...
Liahona in Audio in Spanish and Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese speakers can now listen to content from the Liahona magazine online in their own language. Beginning with the June 2011 issue, audio of all of the material printed in the Spanish and Portuguese versions of the Liahona will be recorded and posted online monthly. Audio...
LDS Church has duty to protect missionaries
As the angst continues to swirl within Utah Republican circles over the LDS Church’s increasingly apparent support of the Legislature’s package of immigration bills that includes a guest-worker provision, there is an elephant-in-the-room component that everyone seems to be missing. The LDS...
Teen brothers start foundation to help poor in Guatemala
There's nothing like a little sister from Guatemala to bind the hearts of stepbrothers. And when you add in tales of the challenges she might have faced in her homeland — the fact she nearly died — you have the makings of a foundation dedicated to easing the way for those who suffer from unmet...
JetBlue founder starts new Brazilian airline
At 19, a tall and gangly Mormon missionary named David Neeleman traveled to northeastern Brazil, spreading the word of God in a region so poor that he still remembers it as "very upsetting to me." After that two-year stint, a bubbling entrepreneurial spirit led Neeleman back to the United...
As Utah mulls immigration laws, Mormons struggle to stake out position
Mormon Life says: This article says immigration could be the next "big issue" for Mormons, similar to issues we've seen in the past like blacks and the priesthood and polygamy.
Immigration may be the next fault line for the Mormon church. In late 1800s, Utah’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints split over the issue of plural marriage, resulting in a...
