Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, and his family. Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much ...

Brigham Young publicly acknowledged what Mormons call "plural marriage" after the church became established in Utah in 1852. But an article posted last month on LDS.org, the official website of the ...

In the last few weeks the LDS Church has issued a series of groundbreaking statements about controversial issues in its own history, including the racist priesthood ban and controversies over Joseph ...

The arrest of polygamist leader Lyle Jeffs, evictions of polygamist families and new studies on crippling genetic disorders among small ultra-orthodox or “fundamentalist” Mormon communities in rural ...

Two brothers of imprisoned Utah polygamist Warren Jeffs and nine other members of a breakaway sect of the Mormon Church were charged on Tuesday with diverting money from a government food assistance ...

The church’s identity with polygamy is partly sustained by fundamentalist sects, whose multiple marriages are defended as God’s law. The most formalized group, founded in 1935, is the Fundamentalist ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Mormon church's renovated history museum set to reopen this week features a small and surprising display about an uncomfortable part of the faith's history that for generations ...

(RNS) — The unknowns about eternal polygamy are ‘answered with speculation and myths, creating undue fear and angst,’ says the author of a new book. (RNS) — Ten years ago, as I finished up teaching a ...

(KUTV) As the Mormon community comes to terms with a new policy dealing with same-sex couples and their children, some with historical experience with a similar policy are sounding off about its ...

The Mormon Church has opened up about the historical practice of polygamy within its ranks in its early years, acknowledging that founder Joseph Smith practiced "plural marriage" and had as many as 40 ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new historical narrative posted by the Mormon church on its website officially acknowledges that some plural marriages were performed following an 1890 ban and that polygamy ...