Hundreds watch as Angel Moroni statue placed on LDS temple in Phoenix

MR says: This moment has been five years in the making. Wonderful to see the temple is getting close to completion! Hundreds of people, including dozens of families, braved triple-digit temperatures Wednesday in the Valley of the Sun to watch as construction crews placed a golden statue of the Angel Moroni...

LDS special-needs student and football friends help change high school

MR says: A really touching story of youth supporting one another. The story was mentioned during the priesthood session of general conference last Saturday. When Carson Jones invited Chy Johnson to sit with him and his football buddies at lunch last fall, he didn't think it was a big deal. Since that time,...

Perfection is goal for Mormon temple

MR says: A great inside look at temple construction. About 40,000 visitors have come to the Gilbert Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple site at Pecos and Greenfield roads since a visitor center was set up inside a trailer in fall 2011. Most have the same question: When will the temple...

12 churches stand firm in Arizona town

MR says: Kind of a cool image - 12 churches standing firmly together in a row. Bob Dylan sang about "Deslolation Row," a tawdry neighborhood in Mexico. Now somebody needs to sing about "Salvation Row" — a strip of 12 church houses that grace a high bend of Lake Powell Boulevard in Page, Ariz. The...

Mesa Arizona Temple Christmas lights

MR says: Temple Square isn't the only temple all lit up for Christmas.

Read more about other temples around the world that put up Christmas light displays here.

In Arizona, Latino Mormons at a political crossroads

MR says: The Hispanic population tends to vote Democratic, but many are curious about what LDS Latinos will do this election. José Hernández hasn’t made up his mind about who he’s going to vote for in the upcoming election. “I like things about both, Romney and Obama,” said Hernández, 29, who...

Mormonism in Arizona

MR says: A feature on the Gilbert, AZ temple, and what it means to members and non-members in the area. The temple, its sandstone-colored walls forming a series of massive, overlapping rectangles, looks like something out of a Cecil B. DeMille biblical epic. It rises at a Gilbert intersection, just off a...

New temples announced for Tucson, Arizona and Arequipa, Peru

MR says: The Tucson, Arizona Temple will be the sixth in the state; the Arequipa temple will be the third in Peru. President Thomas S. Monson announced plans to build temples in Tucson, Arizona, and Arequipa, Peru, today during the morning session of the Church’s 182st Semiannual General Conference. Exact...

Mormon Mega Wedding: 5 couples in same family marry on same day

MR says: Oh, my. We're not sure if this family is genius, or out of their minds! It's a fun story, nonetheless. If you think planning for a wedding can be stressful, how about five weddings from the same family on the same day? The Waldie family of Mesa made it happen Friday. They dubbed this the...

Photo: A Mormon temple in a dust storm

I was blown away (sorry for the pun) at these photos of the Gilbert Arizona Temple in front of an upcoming “Desert Haboob” (an Arabic word meaning intense dust storm). Beautiful but unpredictable nature mixed with serene...

Arson determined for LDS church fire in Arizona

MR says: This is so sad. Last week's fire that destroyed a 50-year-old LDS meetinghouse in Tolleson, Ariz., has been determined to be the work of an arsonist, according to local police officials. "Right now the only people that know where and how the fire was started are the (Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms...

Fire focuses faith during LDS services in Idaho, Arizona

MR says: These fires have been devastating. It's no wonder Church leaders have asked members to pray for the victims and fire fighters. July's Fast Sunday was filled with expressions of faith and determination to press onward for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints whose lives have...

Fire destroys LDS Church in Tolleson, Ariz.

MR says: Thankfully no one was injured. The cause has not yet been determined, but arson is suspected. A ferocious fire destroyed an LDS Church in Tolleson on Friday morning. Firefighters from at least five municipalities were battling the blaze at the 50-year-old church at North 95th Avenue and West...

Gilbert, Ariz. temple hits benchmark with placement of Moroni statue

An impromptu gathering of hundreds took place Tuesday afternoon in south Gilbert. Word spread through the East Valley’s Mormon community that the under-construction Gilbert Temple was set to reach a major milestone. And with a break from the winds, the visitors got to see what they came for:...

LDS youths bring Mormon Battalion to life

The Mormon Battalion’s original trek through Yuma, Ariz., took place in January of 1847. Those who attended Yuma’s 2012 Silver Spur Rodeo Parade in February were treated to a trip back in time and a lesson in history. More than a dozen young men and young women from Yuma’s 9th Ward, in period...