Mormons Archives

Religious freedom is basis of all other freedoms in U.S., cardinal says

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 5, 2019

The nation’s Bill of Rights guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan told a crowd of more than 3,000 gathered in Orem for a patriotic event held each year around the Fourth of July.

Catholic Quinceañeras flock to Mormon temple in Oakland for photos

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jun 21, 2019

On any springtime Saturday, a steady stream of Catholic quinceañeras can be seen promenading along the blooming rose bushes and gushing fountains of Oakland’s Mormon temple.

In Utah, Catholics, Mormons have long had ‘positive, cordial relationship’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Mar 20, 2019

The March 3 meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, drew great interest from members of both faiths and was covered extensively in the media in Utah.

Utah teacher apologizes for Ash Wednesday incident

Associated Press, Church in the US
Mar 12, 2019

A Utah teacher on administrative leave apologized Monday for making 9-year-old Catholic student William McLeod wash off the Ash Wednesday cross from his forehead, saying it was a misunderstanding.

Pope meets with Mormon leadership in Rome to dedicate temple

Associated Press, Vatican
Mar 9, 2019

Pope Francis has met with the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the first-such meeting of its kind, on the eve of the dedication of the church’s huge new temple in Rome.

As Mormons open Rome temple, doctrinal hiccups with Vatican endure

Church in Europe
Feb 13, 2019

Last month Rome became the location of Italy’s first Mormon temple, which sits just a few blocks from the Vatican, however, while the Mormon community says it is planning to partner with the Catholic Church on several social initiatives, what they aren’t saying is that technically speaking, the Vatican doesn’t even recognize the Church of Latter-Day Saints as Christian.