Among the church’s most famous lay priests is one of our candidates for president, Mormon and one-time bishop Mitt Romney.Among the church’s most famous lay priests is presidential candidate ...

Newly sustained LDS President Russell M. Nelson stunned the Mormon men and boys at Saturday evening’s priesthood session of General Conference with a seismic announcement: the Utah-based faith ...

Fiona Givens, a Deseret Book author and popular Mormon speaker, says early LDS women were given priesthood keys -- and that there is historical tradition linking Heavenly Mother to the Holy Ghost.

Before June of 1978, the Mormon priesthood was denied to black men. Integration didn't happen until June of 1978. Integration didn't happen until June of 1978. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV.

1. The majority of active Mormons still don’t want women to have the priesthood. When this survey was created, it was with the idea that the statistics on Mormon views might have changed ...

Right after the Mormon church gave blacks the priesthood, a polygamous offshoot saw its ranks grow (Tribune file photo) Owen Allred, then leader of the Apostolic United Brethren, in 1988.

Do Mormons support admitting women to their church’s all-male priesthood? It depends on how you ask, according to a new study.

The Mormon Church is celebrating 40 years since black men were allowed into the priesthood, but this anniversary comes at a time of heightened racial sensitivity for many church members.

Mormon Church Excommunicates Advocate For Female Priests : The Two-Way An all-male panel has convicted Kate Kelly, a founder of Ordain Women, of apostasy and canceled her church membership.

Greg Prince is the author of David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism and a book on the Mormon priesthood. Read the full interview » Until the early 1960s there had not been overt pressure ...

Mormon church embraced black priests 35 years ago, but racial tensions remain. OPINION - Since the church’s inception as an organized religion in 1830, over seven generations of mostly white ...