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Photo of Elder Jeffrey R. and Sister Patricia Holland together outside the Cedar City Utah Temple.
Sarah Jane Weaver: The message of hope delivered in S. Utah, Puerto Rico — ‘You are not forgotten’
By Sarah Jane Weaver
How Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s message from Southern Utah and the dedication of the San Juan temple signal “a future filled with hope.”
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Dedicatory prayer includes blessing upon Puerto Rico’s people and leaders, period of calm and respite
By Church News Staff
Elder D. Todd Christofferson dedicated the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Read the dedicatory prayer.
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See photos from the dedication of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Elder D. Todd Christofferson dedicated the third Latter-day Saint temple in the Caribbean.
Elder D. Todd Christofferson shakes hands on the grounds of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple on the dedication day
A prophetic promise fulfilled: San Juan Puerto Rico Temple is dedicated
By Mary Richards
President Russell M. Nelson’s assurance that “better days are ahead” for Puerto Rico came to pass with Elder D. Todd Christofferson’s dedication of the new San Juan temple.
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Look back on the journey that led to the dedication of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple
By Sarah Jane Weaver
The temple is a symbol of hope for Puerto Rico, which has endured a series of challenges and catastrophic events.
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Puerto Rican pioneers hold joyful reunion ahead of temple dedication
By Mary Richards
First- and second-generation members of the Church in Puerto Rico met to celebrate the new temple in San Juan.
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3 General Authority Seventies lead groundbreaking services for Querétaro Mexico Temple
By Scott Taylor
Construction officially starts for the temple, one of 23 in the Central American country.
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First Presidency announces site for Barcelona Spain Temple
By Scott Taylor
Announced by President Nelson at April 2022 general conference, the temple will be Spain’s second.
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Boat trip across the Congo River unites families for eternity in the temple
By Mary Richards
Latter-day Saints from the Republic of the Congo sacrificed and saved to get to the Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple.
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Temple milestones in 2022, Part 3: 35 temples announced is the most in a single year
By Scott Taylor
President Nelson announced 17 temples in April 2022 general conference and another 18 in October — one more than he announced in 2021.
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Temple milestones in 2022, Part 2: Little pandemic impact as temple groundbreakings, construction continue to surge
By Scott Taylor
Church logged 16 groundbreakings in 2022 and 49 total to start the 2020s, with 56 temples overall under construction.
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Temple milestones in 2022, Part 1: Dedications, rededications just a part of Church’s historic temple building
By Scott Taylor
Total temples reach 300, dedicated temples at 175 and most-in-a-year 35 new temples announced in 2022.
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See the renderings released for 4 new temples — in Singapore, Taiwan, California and Tennessee
By Scott Taylor
All four temples were announced by President Nelson in the past two years and have had their sites released in the past two months.
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See the locations for 3 new temples — in Ohio, Texas and Chile
By Scott Taylor
Site locations have been released for the Cleveland Ohio Temple, Austin Texas Temple and Santiago West Chile Temple.
Speakers and leaders break ground for the Torreón Mexico Temple on Dec. 10, 2022
Ground broken for Torreón Mexico Temple, 1 of country’s 23 temples overall
By Scott Taylor
Elder Montoya said “it is not the building itself that allows us to feel joy but what takes place inside the building.”
Site location map for the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple.
Site location released for Lone Mountain Nevada Temple, Church’s second in Las Vegas
By Scott Taylor
President Nelson announced the new temple just two months ago in October 2022 general conference.
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See photos of the Oakland California Temple Christmas lights
By Mary Richards
The display runs through Dec. 31 with free Christmas concerts and events on Oakland’s Temple Hill
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Ground broken for Guatemala’s fourth temple — second for the capital city
By Scott Taylor
Local Latter-day Saints expressed joy at the Dec. 3 Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple groundbreaking services.
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Video: Why the Presiding Bishopric calls temple-building ‘a miracle’
By Sydney Walker
The Presiding Bishopric talks about how Latter-day Saint temples are identified, designed and constructed.
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Christmas lights return to the Washington D.C. Temple grounds; Elder Cook and Singapore’s ambassador press button to turn them on
By Tad Walch
Elder Quentin L. Cook and Singapore’s ambassador to the United States, Ashok Mirpuri, together press the button to illuminate the light.
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See interior, exterior photos of the San Juan Puerto Rico Temple as its open house begins
By Scott Taylor
First temple on U.S. territory island offers hope to Saints weathering life’s storms.
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See the sites released for 6 temples worldwide
By Scott Taylor
The First Presidency has released the site locations of six temples — three in Brazil and one each in Bolivia, New Zealand, Taiwan.
Groundbreaking for Managua Nicaragua Temple
Joy at groundbreaking for Nicaragua’s first temple
By Mary Richards
“Temples are a representation of what we try to be as people,” said Elder Taylor G. Godoy.
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Inside Church Headquarters: The location, design and construction of Latter-day Saint temples
By Sydney Walker
How are temple locations identified? The Presiding Bishopric answers this and other questions about temples.
Exterior rendering of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple.
Dedication, open house dates set for Saratoga Springs Utah Temple
By Scott Taylor
A public open house will run from April 15, 2023, through July 8, with President Eyring to dedicate the temple on Sunday, Aug. 13.
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Read Elder Renlund’s blessings upon patrons, members and the nation in the dedicatory prayer for the Belém Brazil Temple
By Church News Staff
Elder Renlund compared the village of Bethlehem in Judea to the “beautiful city of Belém” in Brazil in the dedicatory prayer for the new temple.
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In the Quito temple dedicatory prayer, Elder Cook blesses faithful Saints in Ecuador
By Church News Staff
May those who attend the temple “experience the profound joy that emanates from unselfish service,” Elder Cook said.
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‘The Savior’s Atonement is real, temple covenants are eternal,’ Elder Cook says at Quito Ecuador Temple dedication
By Ryan Jensen
The temple is Ecuador’s second and provides “the understanding, clarification, resolution, and ordinances” that bless those who are faithful.
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How Elder Renlund tied rivers and ‘pororoca’ to the Belém Brazil Temple dedication
By Scott Taylor
Elder Dale G. Renlund greeted attendees at the front door before the three all-in-Portuguese dedicatory sessions.
Élder Carlos A. Godoy, da Presidência dos Setenta de A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias, posa para uma foto com sua esposa, a irmã Mônica Godoy, e seu filho David, do lado de fora do Templo de Belém Brasil no sábado, 19 de novembro de 2022. 
Back in Belém: 25 years after presiding over the mission there, Elder Godoy returns to participate in temple dedication
By Scott Taylor and Vanessa Fitzgibbon
“It’s a dream coming true,” Elder Godoy says of the Belém Brazil Temple and joining Elder Renlund for Sunday’s dedication.