Every Latter-day Saint prophet and other leaders have encouraged followers to seek peace in their conversations and ...

Two millennia ago, religious and secular authorities colluded to kill a man who preached love and practiced what he preached. He attracted huge crowds of sick, crippled and hungry people desperate for ...

In choosing Jesus we also choose the cross and there is real death, and the pain involved here cannot be softened or ...

He noted that in the original Greek text, the main command is not “go” or “teach,” but “make disciples.” The other verbs—going, baptizing, and teaching—serve as supporting actions.

Go and make disciples of all nations? Remember that Jesus was talking to fishermen and tax collectors. Most of them were uneducated and poor. They did not have any forms of modern transportation or ...

Seminary and institute teachers gathered at the Joseph Smith Building on the BYU campus for the second annual Church ...

Apostle Quentin Cook: Look to Jesus for rescue this Easter season. Acknowledging that now is a time that “for many seems dark and dreary,” apostle Quentin L. Cook counseled listeners to turn ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy confirms a young adult during a June 8 Pentecost Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. He told those whom he confirmed at the Mass that they are ...

The Last Supper took place during a significant time in the Jewish calendar. Passover, a celebration of God’s miraculous ...

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Pope Francis, wearing a plastic poncho, waves to well wishers after a Mass in Tacloban on Jan 17, 2015. Fourteen months after the deadliest storm in Philippine history, Pope Francis stood on a ...