THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm will pay $5 million in fines.

A Utah man who fatally shot his five children, mother-in-law and wife and then killed himself had removed guns owned by himself and his wife days before the murder-suicide, leaving the family “vulnerable,” a relative said Friday.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it supports efforts underway in Congress to safeguard same-sex marriage rights.

A special delivery from across the country arrived at a food bank in Oakland County. The key delivery was made to a Lighthouse food warehouse in Waterford Township on Thursday (Jan. 27). It comes from a church in Utah. The church realized that the food program at Lighthouse was in trouble, not only did the church send funds -- but also two dozen pallets of food.

The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged members Saturday at a church conference to listen to the faith’s leaders when they seek “pure truth."

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that masks will be required inside temples to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are unveiling $9.25 million in new educational and humanitarian projects as they seek to build on an alliance formed with the NAACP in 2018.

FILE - In this April 4, 2020, file photo, is The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. The federal lawsuit, filed Monday, March 22, 2021, asserts that the church spent members donations that were solicited for charity on commercial purposes. The federal lawsuit, filed Monday, asserts that the church spent members’ donations that were solicited for charity on commercial purposes. Ad“This is not a case about faith; it is a case about fraud and corporate greed,” the lawsuit said. The practice, which is used in other faith groups, isn’t required for church members but is strongly encouraged.

M. Russell Ballard, a senior leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and acting president of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, speaks during an interview, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at the Associated Press headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)A high-ranking leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says the church severed its century-long tie with the Boy Scouts because the organization made changes that pushed it away from the church. The reality there is we didnt really leave them; they kind of left us, says M. Russell Ballard, a member of a top governing panel of the church called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The direction they were going was not consistent to what we feel our youth need to have...to survive in the world that lies ahead for them.Ballard, in New York City for events with young adult church members, talks about preparations for the faiths bicentennial, also spoke about the churchs support for medical marijuana and incivility in daily life.

"Conversion therapy" is a practice that attempts to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ people. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) for over two decades has strongly opposed the practice of "conversion therapy." Other professional organizations that oppose "conversion therapy" are the American Medical Association, the World Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. The move came four months after Huntington Woods made it a civil infraction to perform "conversion therapy." Legislation was introduced earlier this year to ban the use of "conversion therapy" on youth throughout Michigan.