NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) -- Mormon church leaders opened a plush reconstruction of their historic holy sanctuary Wednesday, more than 150 years after the original temple was destroyed. It was here that ...

NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) -- The Mormon church kicked off a four-day dedication of a reconstruction of its most historically important temple Thursday with the first in a series of services intended to ...

NAUVOO, Ill. — Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have forged ...

Visitors to historic Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Ill., soon may hear a subtly revised narrative about Mormonism’s founding years. That’s because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just ...

The managing director of the Church History Department answers questions about changes to the tours and the buildings in the recently acquired historic sites. (RNS) — Many people were stunned by the ...

NAUVOO, Ill. -- Over coffee, in taverns -- pretty much anywhere they can talk quietly with each other -- longtime residents of Nauvoo fret about the future of their quiet community overlooking a bend ...

A recent week’s vacation took my wife and me to Utah and Arizona where we visited several of the wonders of this country. In the future, I hope to write about some of them and attempt to make a ...

For the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the desire to rebuild its lost temple at Nauvoo, Ill., is akin to the Jews' goal of rebuilding Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. The Mormon temple ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Typically, a big percentage of the half-million visitors who come to Hannibal each year are from within a few hours of the northeast Missouri town. This year, though, Utah license ...

Soon after publishing The Book of Mormon in 1830, Joseph Smith left his home in Palmyra, New York with several dozen followers. Over the next fifteen years, Smith's Latter-day Saints would travel ...