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One of the primary goals of any church is to convince its members that the manner they worship isn't every bit as strange as other people's ways of worship.

By Cosmas Okoli The most important intervention in empowering people with disability is the provision of appropriate mobility aids and appliances.

Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time. His name was Joe Pitt, and he was in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches." Pitt lived in New York with a good reputation and a bad marriage to a woman addicted to Valium.

The Denver Center has revamped its ticket system in advance of Book of Mormon ticket sales for this fall's return engagement.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints responded today to the Boy Scouts of America vote on its membership policy with the following statement: For the past 100 years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has enjoyed a strong relationship with Boy Scouts of America, based on our mutual interest in helping boys and young men ... (more)

The author of "Elders" will appear at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle; free .

On April 27, the designated Day of Service, hundreds of volunteers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, went forth working on a variety of service projects.

From my experience, teenagers are more likely to teach each other well when they don't have to stand alone.

In this latest book of the "Saints at War" series, LDS veterans of various wars share experiences of divine protection, fulfillment of priesthood blessings and other miracles that occurred while in their country's service.

Two weeks ago, the BYU Center for Animation won the program's 12th Student Emmy in the past 10 years.

Concordia's Multi-faith Chaplaincy organized a team of student volunteers to participate in the third Interfaith Eco-Action Day, in collaboration with Apathy is Boring, a community group that encourages active citizenry.

This film image released by HBO shows Michael Douglas, left, as Liberace, and Matt Damon, as Scott Thorson in a scene from "Behind the Candalabra," premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO.

Over the last several years, a painter in Utah named Jon McNaughton has been trying to make a name for himself by using the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a prop in politically provocative pictures in an effort to communicate his apparent belief that only people who hold political views consistent with those of the current American political extreme ... (more)

If a website looks like a phony-baloney resale site, it probably is. But some are slick enough to fool even the super-savvy. Most resale sites openly announce themselves as such, using terms like "independent licensed ticket agent." Beware phrases like these.

SANDS in Swindon received the money from young men from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who completed a sponsored walk up Pen Y Fan in the Brecon Beacons.

A blog written by Kellene Bishop claims "LDS Canneries east of the Mississippi will no longer be canning any food at their facilities beginning June 27th, 2013, as they are no longer able to justify the abhorrent costs to keep in compliance with the ever-changing criteria set forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug ... (more)

That's where 1,400 members of the Boy Scouts of America's national council are expected to vote on whether to end the 103-year-old group's outright ban on gay youths.

A poetic play about one phantasmagorical night in Dublin is the big winner at the third annual Toronto Theatre Critics Awards, announced today .

Andrew Rannells, center, performing with an ensemble cast in "The Book of Mormon" at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York.

Tribune File Photo Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints help a homeowner clean up debris in the Cornerstone area in Windsor back in 2008.