Mormon church well prepared to handle leader death
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The Mormon Church is well prepared to deal with nearly unprecedented scrutiny resulting from the White House bid of one of its followers despite the death of influential church leader Gordon Hinckley.
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Republican Mitt Romney, seeking to become the first Mormon president, said Monday he would miss the humility and wisdom of church President Gordon B. Hinckley and hopes to attend his funeral in Salt Lake City.
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While the political situation is still in question in Ukraine, missionaries with Send International are prepared for whatever happens.
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UMW professor says people should not expect quick, dramatic change in dynamics following death of longtime leader. As Palestinians mourn the death of their leader, Yasser Arafat, attention is shifting to who
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Mormon leader Gordon B. Hinckley died Sunday night at age 97, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced.
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Bishop John C. Wester lays his hands upon the Rev. Jose Gregorio Rausseo Gomez while the Rev. Manuel de Jesus Ceron-Valdez waits his turn during their ordination to be priests at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City.  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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A Protestant firebrand will hand over the leadership of his Church,  but his grip on political power remains sound
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The Greek Orthodox church was in mourning last night after a senior patriarch and three leading bishops were killed in a helicopter crash in the Aegean Sea.
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If leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hold with tradition, the next president of the church will be a soft-spoken World War II veteran with a love for telling stories.
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Josh Rich clutched an envelope as he paid his last respects to Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley.
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Out of death may come a rebirth. The alternative is much more likely to happen. And if it does the consequence will be a living hell that will go on and on and on.
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U.S. officials have agreed to investigate the death of an 81-year-old Haitian pastor who died last month in the custody of immigration authorities, a U.S. congressman said Thursday.
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Now that the top-ranked team in the country is out of the way, the schedule isn&#39;t supposed to be more difficult for Brigham Young.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah  - After more than a century on the fringe of America's consciousness, Mormons are riding a wave of media attention and public scrutiny -- and say they welcome the chance to set a few things straight.
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Mitt Romney isn't the only casualty in his failed presidential bid. The Mormon church, yearning for broad acceptance, also took a beating.
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By Carrie A. Moore Deseret Morning News  Active Latter-day Saints want their church to provide a "frank and honest" presentation of church history, unvarnished by attempts to sugar-coat the past in order to make it more palatable.
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By Ben Winslow Deseret Morning News  A judge is poised to sign a plan that will overhaul the Fundamentalist LDS Church's United Effort Plan Trust, which controls nearly everything in the polygamous border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.