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President Camille N. Johnson, Primary general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaks at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital’s 100th birthday party in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
Born out of compassion and love, Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City turns 100 years old
By Mary Richards
Church President Heber J. Grant speaks his first words broadcast over radio, on May 6, 1922. Individuals present at first broadcast of KZN were, left to right: Nathan O. Fullmer, George Albert Smith, Sister Augusta Grant, Presiddent Grant, Salt Lake City Mayor C. Clarence Neslen and Geo. J. Cannon of the Utah State Historical Society.
KSL NewsRadio turns 100 years old
By Mary Richards
A temple shoe and Nauvoo Temple plate are on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 22, 2022.
The Church’s historical connections to Washington, D.C.
By Ryan Jensen
Church historian, Emily Utt, describes the ties between the United States and the Church and discusses Church-related items found in Washington, D.C.
Episode 80 of the Church News podcast features Jed Woodworth, “Saints, Vol. 3” lead historian and general editor.
Episode 80: ‘Saints, Vol. 3’ editors detail documenting a history that highlights globalization of the Church and overcoming trials
By Sarah Jane Weaver
This compilation image shows seven of the women in “Saints, Vol. 3: Boldly, Nobly and Independent, 1893–1955.” They are, clockwise from left, Ida Smith, Toshiko Yanagida, Jeanne Charrier, Clara Daniels, Nan Hunter, Evelyn Hodges and Helga Meiszus Meyer.
Meet 7 of the inspiring women in ‘Saints, Vol. 3’
By Leslie Sherman Edgington
The cover artwork of “Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Volume 3, Boldly, Nobly, and Independent 1893 -1955,” which be released on Friday, April 22, 2022.
3rd ‘Saints’ volume shares global stories of hope, faith through pandemic, wars and challenges
By Christine Rappleye
A statue, including a likeness of Brigham Young, center, is outside the Kanesville Tabernacle in Council Bluffs, Iowa, shown in March 2022.
How site of the rebuilt Kanesville Tabernacle is changing to include more ways to remember notable events there
By Christine Rappleye
FamilySearch and Ancestry are partnering to digitize the 1950 U.S. census. The census was released on April 1, 2022.
The 1950 U.S. census will be released on April 1. What to do now to prepare to help create the digital index
By Christine Rappleye
Sister Jean Barrus Bingham, general president of the Relief Society, reads scriptures in her office in the Relief Society Building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.
‘Everyone belongs and we are all different’: Relief Society celebrates 180th anniversary of women ministering, serving
By Christine Rappleye
Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Church History Symposium at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 11, 2022.
Elder Gong shares how religious liberty is seen in the Church’s doctrine, history and global experience, during 2022 Church History Symposium
By Christine Rappleye
People listen to the panel during the Church History Symposium at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 11, 2022.
Church History Symposium panel: Defending religious liberty as both a Church member and citizen, and in societies around the world
By Christine Rappleye
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Religious liberty — historical and global — theme of 2022 Church History Symposium March 10-11
By Christine Rappleye
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Church History Biographical Database combines information on missionaries, pioneers in one place, Elder Curtis announces at RootsTech 2022
By Christine Rappleye
Eliza R. Snow, circa 1875. President Snow was a poet, a world traveler and a renowned leader of Latter-day Saint women. She effectively linked the Nauvoo Relief Society to the resurgence of the organization in the Utah Territory by preserving the Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book and traveling throughout Latter-day Saint settlements to help organize women and encourage them to speak. Photograph by Charles Carter.
After call as Relief Society general president, Eliza R. Snow encourages women to keep covenants, build the kingdom
By Christine Rappleye
Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois.
All Church historic sites now fully open to the public after pandemic closures
By Mary Richards
Clareena and Hugo Lindsay and their children. Born in the U.K., Clareena is a Black Latter-day Saint who moved to Canada with her family as a teenager.
One Black Latter-day Saint’s reflections on Black history in the Church
By Megan McKellar
The Salt Lake City skyline is lit with Olympic banners on buildings and the medals plaza in the foreground on Jan. 29, 2002.
What do you remember from the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City? See photos and moments from the Church News archives
By Christine Rappleye
From top left, Joseph Smith birthplace monument in Sharon, Vermont; marker in the front of this home in Whitingham, Vermont, identifies the birth site of Brigham Young; John Taylor’s childhood home in Hale, Cumbria, England; middle from left, this plaque identifies the approximate birth site of Wilford Woodruff at Farmington, now Avon, Connecticut; home of Oliver and Rosetta Snow, birth home of Lorenzo Snow, Mantua, Ohio (the two story section of the home at the left was a later addition); home…
Family foundations: Early homes of the 17 Church presidents
By Christine Rappleye
Provo Utah Temple
The Provo Utah Temple is now 50 years old. Learn more about its history and future
By Mary Richards
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speaks at the celebration of the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the Mormon Battalion in San Diego at Old Town San Diego Historical Park on Jan. 29 2022.
Episode 69: Elder Christofferson and President and Sister Top emphasize drawing courage from history to face modern challenges
By Sarah Jane Weaver
The exodus-commemoration parade down Parley Street in historic Nauvoo, Illinois, is led by local Scout flag-bearers, men marching in honor of the Nauvoo Legion and people holding flags representing the nationalities of those present in Nauvoo in the 1840s. The commemoration was on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. The annual commemoration on the first Saturday in February honors when members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began leaving Nauvoo in 1846.
Hundreds commemorate pioneers leaving Nauvoo as they retrace steps to frozen Mississippi River
By Susan Sims
Members of the battalion march in the street as they take part in the Mormon Battalion celebration in Old Town San Diego on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, joined in the festivities.
Video: What does it mean to enlist in today’s battalion?
By Ryan Jensen
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, and Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Sister Kathy Christofferson, wave to attendees after a devotional in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019.
Sarah Jane Weaver: How Latter-day Saint leaven lifts society’s loaf — in 1846 and today
By Sarah Jane Weaver
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Video: What Elder Christofferson and the Mormon Battalion teach about faith-filled action
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Sister missionaries carry a banner as Members of the battalion march in the street as they take part in the Mormon Battalion celebration in Old Town San Diego on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, joined in the festivities.
Remembering ‘faith-infused actions’ of the Mormon Battalion 175 years later
By Ryan Jensen
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, leaves after speaking to members of the Oregon-California Trails Association in the Temple Beth Israel synagogue in San Diego, California, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. His address was part of the San Diego Historic Trails Symposium — one of numerous commemorative events celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Mormon Battalion’s 2,100-mile march from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Di…
While honoring the Mormon Battalion, Elder Christofferson calls for continued preservation of historic overland trails
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Robin Scott Jensen, co-editor of “The Joseph Smith Papers, Revelations and Translations, Vol. 5: Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon” released Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, looks at a manuscript leaf from 1 Nephi. The volume includes images of the roughly 28% that still exists of the 500-page manuscript created during the translation of the Book of Mormon.
Full pages to fragments — see the original Book of Mormon manuscript in the new Joseph Smith Papers print volume
By Christine Rappleye
The walls of volcanic rock are original to Cove Fort, built in 1876.
How the story of Cove Fort illustrates ‘the quiet faith’ of early Saints
By Sydney Walker
Healthcare workers prepare to administer COVID-19 tests on members of the Tabernacle Choir and members of the media on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, leading up to the Latter-day Saint music group’s first in-person rehearsal since the beginning of the pandemic.
Timeline: How the Church has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic
By Sydney Walker
Sister Caelie Noall and Sister Isabella Rich show virtual visitors some of the artifacts found in the Mormon Battalion Historic Site. Because of COVID-19, Church historic sites have been closed to in-person visitors since March 2020.
Last 2 years have been ‘unprecedented,’ ‘crazy’ and ‘inspiring’ at Church historic sites
By Rachel Sterzer Gibson