News Articles

• LDS volunteers teach English in daily doses

  Among the thousands of Latinos who have come to Utah in the past decade, Miguel Soza has a big smile, a ready laugh and a gleam in his eye. Shaking hands with an older couple of LDS missionaries he has come to love, he explains his joy to an observer.

• Norma Olsen Nichols, 94, dies

  Norma Olsen Nichols, 94, who inspired the popular CTR ring worn by hundreds of thousands of Latter-day Saints around the world, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004.

• Pres. Hinckley extols women

  President Gordon B. Hinckley paid tender tribute to his late wife, Marjorie, on Sunday during the 174th Semiannual General Conference of the LDS Church, extolling women while chastising men who "in a spirit of arrogance" think they are better than women.

• 2 new LDS apostles sustained Saturday

  Elders Dieter F. Uchtdorf and David A. Bednar were sustained as new apostles Saturday morning by leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the opening minutes of the faith's 174th Semi-annual General Conference.

• An LDS makeover for Triad Center

  The Triad Center — a 1980s-era office complex of copper glass on the northwest border of downtown — is getting a makeover.

• Church issues releases and fills vacancies

  Changes in top church leadership Saturday meant some shuffling in its quorums. A number of general authorities were also released.

• LDS are praised and warned

  In an era of change and continued growth, President Gordon B. Hinckley said The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is in better condition than at any time in its history, but its members are not immune from worldly challenges, including pornography.

• New apostles overwhelmed with callings

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' newest apostles say they are humbled and overwhelmed with their unexpected assignments.

• New temple to rise in Salt Lake Valley

  President Gordon B. Hinckley's announcement Saturday that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would build a new temple in the Salt Lake Valley marks nearly 23 years since the last such edifice was completed in the desert basin that early church leader Brigham Young declared to be "the...

• Salt Lake Valley temples

  Salt Lake Temple 50 W. North Temple Announced: July 28, 1847 Groundbreaking: Feb. 14, 1853 Dedication: April 6, 1893 Temple district: Tooele County, parts of Salt Lake and Summit counties, and Elko, Nev. Jordan River Temple 10200 S. 1300 West South...

• Street preachers a bit more subdued

  A smaller and more subdued group of street preachers yelled slogans and brandished signs in downtown Salt Lake City Saturday as LDS Church members brushed past them on the way to the church's 174th Semiannual General Conference.

Advance Articles

• Tabernacle now facing a retrofit

  Plans for a seismic retrofit of the historic Tabernacle on Temple Square were formally announced during a press conference Friday as Latter-day Saints prepared for the church's 174th Semiannual General Conference. General Conference begins at 10 a.m. today in the Conference Center....

• Candy is dandy for conference

  Joe Weakland, owner of the Candy Barrel in Crossroads Plaza, is OK with conference Sundays when "40,000 people are downtown and I don't sell anything." That's because he's already made up for it on Saturday. Joe's been in the candy business in Salt Lake City for 4 1/2 years now, ever...

• Conference sessions will be broadcast live

  Broadcasts of the 174th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be available from a variety of media sources Saturday and Sunday: • On TV and cable: Both KSL-TV Ch. 5 and KSL radio (AM-1160) will carry the Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m....

• LDS volunteers serve their missions at home

  While an ever-increasing life-span and good health offer more options for their "golden years" than ever before, a growing number of Latter-day Saint baby boomers along the Wasatch Front are volunteering to serve missions for their church — thousands of them without leaving the comfort of...

• LDS women urged to lift one another

  Top LDS leaders urged women to be united in purpose and devoted to God during the annual General Relief Society meeting, held Saturday, Sept. 25, in the Conference Center. Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints care for each other as they lift their families and the...

Summaries of Talks

Saturday Morning

• A time of refining, testing in mortal life
• Conference news
• Conference opens with change, progress
• New authorities
• Saturday morning session
• Sunday morning session
• Total conversion brings a new heart, a new person
• Women pre-eminent as God's final creation
• Elder Dale E. Miller
• Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
• Elder John H. Groberg
• Elder Richard G. Scott
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President James E. Faust

Saturday Afternoon

• Endure, press on with faith amid trials, sorrows
• Prayer, scriptures vital in testimony building
• Saturday afternoon session
• Sunday afternoon session
• Truly converted testify without restraint
• Elder Donald L. Staheli
• Elder Henry B. Eyring
• Elder L. Tom Perry
• Elder M. Russell Ballard
• Elder Ned B. Roueche
• Elder Ronald T. Halverson
• LDS are praised and warned
• Sister Bonnie D. Parkin

Priesthood

• Avoid peril seemingly enveloping the world
• Include personal, family prayer in each fast
• Let Spirit guide
• Oath and covenant of the priesthood
• Priesthood session
• Strength, comfort
• Teach, testify and rescue others
• The high road of decency is right way
• Elder Carl B. Pratt
• Elder Cecil O. Samuelson
• Elder Dallin H. Oaks
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President James E. Faust
• President Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Morning

• Elder David A. Bednar
• Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
• Elder Robert D. Hales
• Elder Russell M. Nelson
• Pres. Hinckley extols women
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Afternoon

• Bishop H. David Burton
• Elder H. Bryan Richards
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
• Elder Richard J. Maynes
• President Boyd K. Packer
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• Sister Elaine S. Dalton