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Every six months, Latter-day Saint authorities address millions of members around the world. These General Conference sermons — streamed, beamed, published, pondered and perused — sometimes make history; other times they just make memories. Times and Seasons blogger Chad Nielsen has released his list of the “most significant” conference talks of the past decade. It includes: • Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s October 2013 speech in which he conceded that church leaders “have simply made mistakes” and “said or done [things] that were not in harmony with our values, principles or ...

‘Mormon Land’: Scholar looks back at a historic year, from COVID to anti-racism sermons, and what it portends for the LDS Church Eventful year included major disruptions to Sunday services, temples worship and missionary work — along with major sermons on Black Lives Matter and presidential politics. (Photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Russell M. Nelson waits for the broadcast to start at the Conference Center Theater on Temple Square, Oct. 3, 2020.

In many ways, the documentary film project A Crisis of Conscience: Buffalo Soldiers in the Philippine-American War, produced by a Black American filmmaker, Mark Harris, and the Hollywood actor Danny Glover, echoes the fundamental issues that spurred the Black Lives Matter movement: equal justice, an abiding belief in the ideals America represents and upholding the dignity and humanity of every person. Harris and Glover, who have been working on their labour of love for the past five years, also wanted to bring attention to a little known chapter in both American and Philippine history, which...

A DISTRACTED teacher who killed a cancer sufferer who was about to marry the love of her life in a road crash, has been jailed. A court heard victim Emma Summerell was about to given the all-clear after a two year battle with cancer. Maths and science teacher Ian Rowland over-steered his car on a country road and caused the crash in which Emma died as his car skidded sideways into her lane. At Taunton Crown Court Rowland, 51, was jailed for 28 weeks after a judge rejected his claim that it has been a "momentary" lapse of attention. Judge Paul Cook said Rowland's speed was not safe f...

Brady McCombs December 18, 2020 - 3:35 PM SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints added new language to the faith's handbook Friday imploring members to root out prejudice and racism, adding significance and permanence to recent comments by top leaders on one of the most sensitive topics in the church's history. The faith’s past ban on Black men in the lay priesthood, which stood until 1978, remains a delicate issue for members and non-members alike. The church disavowed the ban in a 2013 essay, saying it was enacted during an era of g...