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Madeline Miles
Madeline Miles

Madeline Miles is an intern with Church News. She is from West Virginia and studies English, creative writing and Spanish at Brigham Young University. She served in the Oklahoma Oklahoma City and Chile Concepción missions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her writing interests include religion, environmental issues, family and public health.


Social media messages from Church leaders share invitations to reflect on religious freedom and other divine gifts.

Historian Spencer McBride describes how American and Church history timelines show Latter-day Saints should be proactive preservers of their freedom to worship.

This past week on social media, truths of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ shone through messages centered on family and the blessings of the Restoration.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, welcomed the president of Switzerland at the Church’s global Salt Lake City headquarters.

“Testify of Jesus Christ to a world that suffers without knowledge of His divine mission,” President Dallin H. Oaks shared on social media this week, among other messages from Church leaders such as President D. Todd Christofferson and President Camille N. Johnson.

President Uchtdorf proclaimed each stake center and temple dedication turns “our hearts in worship to our Heavenly Father and to His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ.”

New mission leaders invited to foster Christ-centering experiences by prioritizing sacrament meeting attendance for new friends of the Church.

Inviting believers to strive to do and be good, Elder Daines joined other leaders in discussing applied faith at Religious Freedom Annual Review.

See resources for Elder Dale G. Renlund’s April 2026 general conference message to enrich gospel learning individually and in the home.

“I knew what I wanted to do with my life,” sculptor Michael Hall said, reflecting on challenges and opportunities as an artist depicting God.

Church leaders such as President D. Todd Christofferson, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf and President Emily Belle Freeman shared insights on temple and missionary work in social media messages this week.

This week on social media, Elder Quentin L. Cook shared that everyone deserves the freedom “to choose the faith that they wanted to follow." Other leaders, including President D. Todd Christofferson and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, shared similar messages about unity.

On social media this past week, Church leaders shared experiences from ministry visits and thanked members for contributions.

In social media posts this week, Church leaders invited members to build relationships through Christlike ministering and seeing eternal value.

See resources for Elder Patrick Kearon’s April 2026 general conference message to enrich gospel learning individually and in the home.

In the temple, faithful members receive divine instruction, sacred responsibilities and spiritual power, the First Presidency shared on social media this week.

Following Christ personally and worshipping in the temple provide relief and the gift of peace, shared Church leaders on social media this week.

In the first devotional of spring semester, President and Sister Haws offered Christ-centered counsel for students.

In social media posts this week, Church leaders discussed navigating agency, overcoming fears and building faith through Jesus Christ.

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Faith leaders in Portugal gathered at a farewell reception for former President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Members of the Brinton family shared "courage to go another day" through music, crediting generations of family support and faith in God.

Church leaders discussed second-hour changes and revisited Christ-centered remarks from general conference in posts shared this week on social media.

On social media, Church leaders such as President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, President Emily Belle Freeman and Elder Clark G. Gilbert shared that returning to Christ means attending the temple, returning to church and finding hope through His Resurrection.

This week on social media, Church leaders testified of the Savior, showed support for those in new callings and talked more about youth program adjustments.

On social media this week as Easter approaches, Church leaders, including Elder David A. Bednar and Elder Neil L. Andersen, testify of the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Church leaders, including President Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, taught ways to connect with Jesus Christ in preparation for Holy Week and Easter.

Youth, Church and community members gathered to support people with special needs in “massive show of love” for a Valentine’s season dance.

This week on social media, Church leaders, including President Dieter F. Uchtdorf and Elder Neil L. Andersen, shared accounts of global ministry and conversion to Jesus Christ.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Elder Quentin L. Cook and other Church leaders testified of finding God’s love and other truths in social media messages this week.