The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also instructed local leaders that same-sex couples are apostates, the church told NBC News. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit ...

People gather for a mass resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Salt Lake City. A day after the Mormon church stood behind its new rules ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday a major shift in its policy regarding baptisms of children of parents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday rolled back a 2015 policy that declared that church members in same-sex marriages were apostates and subject to excommunication.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is reversing its policies regarding blessings and baptisms forchildren with parents who identify as a part of the LGBTQ community,and same-sex ...

A potential conflict between Jewish organizations and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over vicarious baptism was averted Monday when the church said that Simon Wiesenthal’s name ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is again warning its members not to submit names of Holocaust victims for proxy baptism. The statement comes on the same day of reports that Anne ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced updates to its handbook allowing children of LGBTQ families to be baptized, and it is changing course on same-sex marriage.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it has changed its genealogical database to better prevent the names of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps from being submitted for ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is making it easier for children of polygamists to join the faith. Children, who wish to join the Church, can now be baptized at 8 years old ...

Practices - Mormons' baptism of deceased ancestors and other non-Mormons has provoked controversy. However, the LDS church says souls in the afterlife are "completely free to accept or reject such ...