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President Russell M. Nelson has spoken repeatedly about forgiveness  — pleading with Latter-day Saints to end personal conflicts , free themselves from a grudge they may be harboring and forgive someone who has wronged them .  “There is nothing easy about forgiving those who have disappointed us, hurt us, cheated us or spread false rumors about us,” President Nelson said . “However, not forgiving...

After six years as head football coach of University of Virginia, Coach Bronco Mendenhall resigned his post at the end of the 2021 season. Mendenhall — who also spent 11 years as head football coach at Brigham Young University — and his wife, Holly Mendenhall, speak about family, faith and football on this episode of the Church News podcast. They are joined by fellow sports fan and guest host Sist...

On June 27 — the 179th anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in Carthage Jail — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published the final volume of the Joseph Smith Papers . Much of the project was made possible by Gail Miller and her late husband, Larry H. Miller.  Gail Miller, owner of the Larry H. Miller Company, joins this episode of the Church News podcast to talk a...

During the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 8, Brigham Young University distance runner Kenneth Rooks fell — and then got up and won the 3,000-meter steeplechase . The victory — as well as his tenacity — has thrust him into the national spotlight. After the race, he was widely featured in headlines and on social media. He joins this episode of the Church News po...

Many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already know of Emily Belle Freeman , a popular speaker, author, podcaster and teacher. Now they will get to know her in another way — as a general officer of the Church. President Freeman — with her counselors, Sister Tamara Wood Runia and Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus — began her service as the Church’s Young Women general president...

President Russell M. Nelson announced the second edition of “Preach My Gospel” in June 2023, explaining that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a sacred and covenant responsibility to share the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. President Nelson's message was shared during the four-day 2023 Seminar for New Mission Leaders at the Provo Missionary Training Center. This epi...

President Russell M. Nelson announced the second edition of “Preach My Gospel” in June 2023, explaining that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a sacred and covenant responsibility to share the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. President Nelson's message was shared during the four-day 2023 Seminar for New Mission Leaders at the Provo Missionary Training Center. This epi...

On July 24, 1847, a company of early Latter-day Saint pioneers piloted their way into the Salt Lake Valley. The leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young looked upon the valley and was said to declare, “This is the right place ; drive on.” These early pioneers were joined by Latter-day Saints from around the world. Near the location where Brigham Young gave this prop...

Weeks before Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon completes her calling as a general officer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she joins the Church News podcast to share the joy of service, recent inspired changes to Church organization and the peace that comes by turning to the Savior Jesus Christ. Since being sustained as a member of the Primary General Presidency in...

In July 2022, President Dallin H. Oaks , first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, offered a historic address at the 2022 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, Italy . He called for a global effort to defend and advance the religious freedom of all of God’s children in every nation of the world . While he was in Rome in 2022, President Oaks...

The night before His crucifixion, the Savior washed His apostles' feet, taught them and administered the sacrament. He also prayed for them, saying, as recorded in John 17 :  “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world…As thou hast sent me into the world, even so, have I also s...

During the April 2022 general conference, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sustained Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson and her counselors, Sister J. Anette Dennis and Sister Kristin M. Yee . President Johnson articulated the theme of their global ministry in her April 2023 general conference address , titled “ Jesus Christ Is Relief ”: “We can partner wi...

For the past 13 years, Rachel Sterzer Gibson has worked for the Church News, helping to create a “Living Record of the Restoration” through her writing, editing, web publication and support. She joins this episode of the Church News podcast to discuss her most compelling assignments, her current beat writing about Church education , her role as a wife and mother , the years she navigated as a sing...

“ We believe it is our obligation to understand and learn from the past ,” Elder Henry B. Eyring, then of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, remarked on Sept. 11, 2007, at an event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Mountain Meadows Massacre . The massacre is perhaps the grimmest episode in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — when brewing tensions between early...

President Henry B. Eyring , second counselor in the First Presidency, will celebrate his 90th birthday on May 31, 2023. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1933, President Eyring has dedicated his life to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As an educator by profession, President Eyring has served as president of Ricks College , the Church commissioner of education, in the Presiding Bis...

With Mental Health Awareness Month observed in May, this episode of the Church News podcast is dedicated to discussing mental health. Sherilyn C. Stinson, the commissioner of Family Services for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a licensed clinical social worker, joins this episode of the podcast. She talks about mental health and discusses how to identify problems , when and how...

Janice Kapp Perry has composed 3,000 songs and hymns beloved by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her well-known repertoire includes Primary hymns, “ A Child’s Prayer ,” “I Love To See the Temple” and “I’m Trying To Be Like Jesus.”  She started her music career later in life after two lucky breaks — a broken TV and an injury — took her from the sports court to roadshow mu...

As Mother's Day fast approaches, this episode of the Church News podcast looks at the power of love , service, faith, community involvement and recognizing and elevating the potential we see in others – just as so many mothers do every day. The editor of Utah Policy, Holly Richardson is a former Utah legislator, current columnist and contributor to the Deseret News; she holds a master's degree in...

After spending years researching and teaching behavioral economics and household finance at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and the University of Chicago, Brigitte C. Madrian accepted a position as the ninth dean of the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University . She brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this episode of the Church News podcas...

During April 2023 general conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson announced 15 new temples , bringing the total number of  Latter-day Saint temples that are operating, announced, or under construction to 315. This episode of the Church News podcast features Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He testifies about the blessin...

Members of the Church News staff strive each day to create a record of the Restoration. In the process, they witness how members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe connect to one another through their belief in the Savior Jesus Christ. This episode of the Church News podcast features Church News Spanish Translation Coordinator Nadia Gavarret , who has seen the joy...

For the first time in its 175-year history, participants living outside the United States joined the 360-voice Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square during the 193rd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The singers, part of a pilot program for the choir, sang with the storied choir in the Saturday morning session and both Sunday sessions of general conference o...

On Palm Sunday weekend, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shared messages of hope, faith and peace during the 193rd Annual General Conference on April 1 and 2, 2023 . They spoke about the blessings of temple service , gathering Israel , avoiding contention by being peacemakers and finding lasting joy . Each speaker also bore testimony of Jesus Christ during this sacred Eas...

For more than a year, Church News staff writer Mary Richards has written about JustServe.org , a free online platform that connects volunteers with service opportunities in their communities. In this general conference special edition of the Church News podcast, produced in connection with KSLNews Radio , Mary Richards talks with numerous guests about JustServe: Isabelle Harris, a high school seni...

In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord declares: “For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads” ( Doctrine and Covenants 25:12 ). Ryan Eggett , a music manager for the Church’s Priesthood and Family Department — and the former director of the Provo Missionary Training Center choir and...