It’s easy to take our fundamental freedoms for granted. After all, it is the ground many of us have walked on our entire lives. Practicing our religion, speaking our minds, reading a newspaper, freely associating with fellow citizens and critiquing power are tender plants that require constant cultivation. Full Story
A global effort to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and encourage people to serve others during the Christmas season is being launched by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The “Light the World” Christmas initiative will reach worldwide audiences from Friday, November 25, 2016, through January 1, 2017. Full Story, With Video
FamilySearch International, the world’s largest genealogy organization, has given a newly indexed database of the historic Freedmen’s Bureau Records to the Smithsonian National African American Museum of History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The database contains genealogical information of freed African Americans after the Civil War. Full Story, With Video
Read about what leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Asia, Europe, Central America and North America are doing to better the communities in which they live. Full Story
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Revisit some of the significant Church-related stories and events covered on MormonNewsroom.org in 2016. Full Story
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