The president of the denomination, known widely as the Mormon church, oversees everything from the its multibillion-dollar financial holdings to church doctrine and policy. He also is believed to ...

Thomas Monson, leader of the Mormon Church ... according to a church statement. In 2008 he became the 16th president of the church, following the death of Gordon Hinckley. Mr Monson is known ...

Current and former members of the Mormon Church are calling for an end to the practice of asking children as young as eight intimate and sexual questions during annual interviews by church officials.

a former stake president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the author of the new memoir “Dictates of Conscience: From Mormon High Priest to My New Life as a Woman.” ...

In 1890, church president Wilford Woodruff, fearful that the continuation of the practice of plural marriage would lead to the destruction of all Mormon temples, announced an end to official ...