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How the Mormon Church Shaped Mitt Romney

While Mitt Romney has said little about his Mormon faith on the campaign trail, people who know him well call it a huge influence on his conduct and worldview.

Mormon church restricts access to Jewish names

Helen Radkey is a researcher who has publicized the LDS Church's proxy baptisms of Holocaust victims and Catholic Saints. In this 2009 photograph, she goes through some of her numerous boxes of research files on the baptisms that take up part of an extra bedroom in her home.

Mormon Yankees

They were basketball players and Mormon missionaries who brought the sport to Australia to spread the message of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 50s. Historian and film maker Professor Fred Woods of Brigham Young University, Utah, tells the story of their remarkable success, leading up to the ’56 Olympics. Read all responses to this article

Mormon church girds for landmark political race, with Romney as prominent face of the faith

As 20,000 Mormons streamed from the church conference center, a ragtag group of protesters stood across the street shouting that the Latter-day Saints were going to hell. Mormon families, who ha...

Mormon Church breaks ground for new temple on Provo Tabernacle site

Mormon Church breaks ground for new temple on Provo Tabernacle site By Donald W. Meyers The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 12, 2012 06:30PM MDT Provo • When the Provo Tabernacle caught fire in 2010, thousands of people came to the site to mourn the landmark’s loss. On Saturday, thousands again gathered to the tabernacle’s burned-out remains, but this time with joy in their hearts. The Church of ...