Barbara Thompson

Saturday afternoon session features callings, releases, statistics, sermons

Changes in several key church administrative positions highlighted the Saturday afternoon session of the 182nd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

LDS Church announces changes to presiding bishopric, Relief Society presidency, First Quorum of the Seventy

Changes in leadership of the Relief Society and Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were announced in the Saturday afternoon session of the 182nd General Annual Conference.

LDS Church opens bishops' storehouse to help 'poor and needy'

A new 570,391-square-foot welfare facility built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will help the organization respond to disasters and take care of those in need.

181st Semiannual General Conference: First day features new temples, sermons

SALT LAKE CITY — The 181st Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened Saturday morning under blue skies and balmy temperatures, with a full house of 20,000-plus conference-goers anxious to hear from their church leaders — especially their prophet.

LDS general conference opens with the announcement of six new Mormon temples

Strengthening women: 'Daughters in my Kingdom' is to help women in their responsibilities

In 1870 — a time of general misunderstanding about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and their beliefs — a group of LDS women in Utah called a press conference and addressed newspaper reporters from across the country.

Mormon women urged to focus on 'why' of gospel

The forget-me-not flower can be a symbol of little things that sweeten the lives of women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said President Dieter F. Uchtdorf during church's General Relief Society Meeting on Sept. 24.

Relief Society broadcast Sept. 24

SALT LAKE CITY — A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' First Presidency and the Relief Society general presidency will speak at 6 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the general Relief Society meeting.

Today in the Bloggernacle: Humanitarian update and the Hill Cumorah circa 1922

See how the church is helping in the Alberta forest fire and the Mississippi Valley flooding. Plus watch the 2011 BYU Women's Conference on demand. And see the Hill Cumorah, circa 1922.

Obituary: DRAIN, ROBERT