Also, the Hale “vision” provides a traditional representation of how Latter-day Saints perceive the afterlife. The Mormon belief in restored Gospel, priesthood authority, necessity of baptism ...

Is the LDS Church pulling out of Scouting? Not entirely. The Utah-based faith will continue to sponsor Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops for boys ages 8 through 13 in the U.S. and Canada.

Of course, anyone can attend a baptism, but two members (before ... These are often teenage girls and boys. Latter-day Saints perform baptisms for the dead in their temples, where the devout ...

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 ...

including denying access to these genealogical records or other privileges to those who abuse them in this way," a statement by the LDS church said. The proxy baptism of Gandhi is not the first in ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints removed the name of Holocaust survivor and ... s name from the list of those to receive posthumous rites, which include baptism. Later the same day the ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- 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 church statement comes on the same ...