News Articles

• 'Light . . . shines upon the world'

  LDS Church leaders frequently used the word "perilous" Sunday to describe the state of modern society — and offered hope for a brighter day.

• Shining LDS General Conference moments

  General Conference images

• Sister Hinckley unable to attend LDS General Conference

  The woman who has been at President Gordon B. Hinckley's side through "storm and sunshine" did not attend general conference with her husband for the first time in his 46 years as a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• Sunday protests are fairly subdued

  A relatively quiet protest targeted The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during LDS General Conference on Sunday as officers made sure that street preachers and journalists kept moving when they were in the protest zone on sidewalks along North Temple, between Temple Square and the...

• Endure well, LDS told

  Millions of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered Saturday — physically and electronically — to hear counsel from their leaders in the first sessions of the church's 174th Annual General Conference. Many new leaders were sustained Saturday afternoon...

• Preachers spark few fireworks

  After literally hundreds of hours of public hearings, City Council debate and enough legal wrangling to fill a season of TV's "Law and Order," this year's meeting of LDS general conference attendees and bombastic Christian street preachers failed to generate much in the way of fireworks....

• Sunday School, Young Men receive new presidencies

  Several leadership changes were announced Saturday afternoon during the 174th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with new presidencies sustained for the faith's Sunday School and Young Men organizations. In a change of policy, the new auxiliary...

Advance Articles

• A global outlook: Latinos pleased about LDS efforts to reach out to them

  Marco Diaz found himself living something a few weeks back that could have come out of "The Twilight Zone" had it ever been written as a television script. He and other local Latinos were on Utah's Capitol Hill, opposing proposed legislation against in-state college tuition for...

• Utah businessman now back in the fold

  For years, the founder of Franklin Quest-turned-Franklin Covey has carried his own day planner — the one his company makes — with a list of his most cherished life goals as the basis for making daily decisions. So when he failed to heed his own advice about living daily in a manner...

• Judge upholds buffer zones for preachers

  The World Wide Street Preachers Fellowship quickly appealed a federal judge's decision Thursday upholding Salt Lake City's buffer zone plan for this weekend's LDS general conference. U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell ruled that Salt Lake City's plans to put street preachers in protest...

• Study elevates LDS women

  A local researcher has good news for LDS women: They are less likely to be depressed than American women in general and show no major differences in overall life satisfaction compared to women nationwide. But they do score lower on measures of self-esteem. The findings poke some...

Summaries of Talks

Saturday Morning

• Saturday morning session
• Saturday morning session: 'Follow me' was the Lord's call
• Saturday morning session: 'Truly phenomenal' Church grows stronger
• Saturday morning session: Accelerate our preparation for Second Coming
• Saturday morning session: Finding ways to finish one's story
• Saturday morning session: Gospel must be your 'very core'
• Saturday morning session: Oldest apostle bears witness
• Sunday morning session
• Sunday morning session: 'We have trials' to qualify for blessings
• Sunday morning session: A beautiful light
• Sunday morning session: Acquire 'A mother heart'
• Sunday morning session: Divine instruction: recognize it, respond
• Sunday morning session: Do not fear future as good life can await
• Sunday morning session: Fathers' role in anchoring families
• Sunday morning session: True faith means following Savior
• Elder D. Todd Christofferson
• Elder Dallin H. Oaks
• Elder David B. Haight
• Elder Henry B. Eyring
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President Gordon B. Hinckley: The Church Grows Stronger
• President Thomas S. Monson
• Sister Gayle M. Clegg

Saturday Afternoon

• New leaders sustained to presidencies
• Saturday afternoon session
• Saturday afternoon session
• Saturday afternoon session: A living symbol
• Saturday afternoon session: Debt is bondage; Many fall victim
• Saturday afternoon session: Divinity rooted 'within each of us'
• Saturday afternoon session: Simple, basic principles offer glorious solutions
• Saturday afternoon session: Testimony of Jesus is given of God by the Holy Ghost
• Sunday afternoon session
• Sunday afternoon session: 'A somber time' for President Hinckley
• Sunday afternoon session: 'Stand spotless'
• Sunday afternoon session: Despite evil of world families can be safe
• Sunday afternoon session: He suffered willingly: A gift of hope
• Sunday afternoon session: Honor marriage, children, family
• Sunday afternoon session: Live well, find peace amid increasing evil
• Sunday afternoon session: Love, suffering: two sides of reality
• Words of Christ can be a Liahona
• Bishop Keith B. McMullin
• Elder Francisco J. Vinas
• Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
• Elder Russell M. Nelson
• Elder W. Rolfe Kerr

Priesthood

• Priesthood session
• Saturday priesthood session: 'Being stretched by a merciful Lord'
• Saturday priesthood session: 'I will seek that which was lost'
• Saturday priesthood session: 'You live in a world of great uncertainty'
• Saturday priesthood session: Choices: Wisdom to stand firm
• Saturday priesthood session: Expectations: Courage, not compromise
• Saturday priesthood session: Outreach of aid has become a miracle
• Elder Earl C. Tingey
• Elder Mervyn B. Arnold
• Elder Neal A. Maxwell
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President James E. Faust
• President Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Morning

• 'Light . . . shines upon the world'
• Elder Dennis E. Simmons
• Elder L. Tom Perry
• President Boyd K. Packer
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President James E. Faust
• Sister Julie B. Beck
• Bishop Richard C. Edgley

Sunday Afternoon

• Elder Bruce C. Hafen
• Elder Clate W. Mask
• Elder M. Russell Ballard
• Elder Richard G. Scott
• Elder Robert D. Hales
• Elder W. Douglas Shumway
• President Gordon B. Hinckley