Topics and Background
Browse the list below to find topic pages about people, places, organizations and subjects. Each topic page collects all the news releases, commentary, photos, audio and video files published about the topic on Newsroom.
- Aaronic Priesthood
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Abortion
- About Us
- Abuse
- Addiction
- Affinity Fraud
- Apostle
- Area
- Articles of Faith
- Ask the Missionaries! They Can Help!
- Atmit
- Atonement of Jesus Christ
- Authority in the Church
- Baptism
- Baptism for the Dead
- Bible
- Bishop
- Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
- Branch
- Brigham Young
- Calling
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Capital Punishment
- Chapel
- Child Abuse
- Children in the Church
- Church History Library
- Church History Museum
- Church Presidents
- Church Universities and Colleges
- Civility
- Clean Water Projects
- Conference
- Core Beliefs: Why and How Are Mormons Different?
- Counselor
- Deacon
- Deseret
- Deseret Industries
- District
- Doctrine and Covenants
- Early Church History
- Education
- Elder
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Embryonic Stem-cell Research
- Emerging With Faith in Africa
- Endowment
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Euthanasia and Prolonging Life
- Exaltation
- Excommunicate
- Family
- Family History Centers
- Family History Library
- Family Home Evening
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch Website
- Fast Sunday
- First Presidency
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Genealogy
- General Authority
- General Conference
- Granite Mountain Records Vault
- Growth of the Church
- Haiti Earthquake Response
- Health Practices
- High Council
- High Priest
- Historic Sites
- History of the Church
- Home Teacher
- Humanitarian Services
- Immigration
- Institutes of Religion
- Interfaith Relations
- Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Response
- Jesus Christ
- Joseph Smith
- Joseph Smith and the Restoration
- Joseph Smith Papers
- Lay Priesthood
- LDS Family Services
- Measles Vaccination Campaign
- Melchizedek Priesthood
- Member Participation
- Mission
- Missionary Program
- Missionary Training Centers
- Modern Prophets and Continuing Revelation
- Mormon
- Mormon Helping Hands
- Mormon Images Available for Use
- Mormon Newsroom Country Sites
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Mormon.org
- Mormons and Education: An Overview
- Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Neonatal Resuscitation Training
- Ordinance
- Organizational Structure of the Church
- Patriarch
- Patriarchal Blessings
- Pearl of Great Price
- Perpetual Education Fund
- Pioneer Trek
- Plan of Salvation
- Political Neutrality
- Polygamy
- Presidency of the Quorum of the Seventy
- Presiding Bishopric
- Priest
- Priesthood
- Primary
- Primary Presidency
- Privacy Policy
- Proclamation on the Family
- Prophets
- Quorum
- Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Race Relations
- Relief Society
- Relief Society Presidency
- Religious Freedom
- Restoration
- Revelation
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Rights and Use Information
- Sacrament
- Sacrament Meeting
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Same-Gender Attraction
- Sealing
- Seminary
- Seventy
- Stake
- Stake President
- Standard Works
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Style Guide - The Name of the Church
- Sunday School Presidency
- Tabernacle
- Teacher
- Temple Marriage
- Temple Open House
- Temple Square
- Temples
- The Godhead
- The World Report
- Tithing
- Topics and Background
- Tsunami Relief
- Vision Treatment
- Visiting Teacher
- Visitors' Centers
- Ward
- Welfare and Self Reliance
- Welfare Services
- Wheelchair Distribution
- Who are the Mormons?
- Women in the Church
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World Headquarters
- World Report
- Young Men Presidency
- Young Women Presidency
- Youth in the Church
Topics
Mormon.org
Mormon.org helps those unfamiliar with the Church become acquainted with the faith's basic beliefs and everyday members.
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Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
From the beginning, Church members have accepted it as scripture. This doesn't mean the Book of Mormon replaces the Bible as scripture for members of the Church. The Bible and the Book of Mormon are used side by side in their preaching and personal study.
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Proclamation on the Family
In 1995, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issued “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” This proclamation is a declaration and reaffirmation of doctrines and practices that prophets have stated repeatedly throughout the history of the Church.
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Who are the Mormons?
The concept of a united family that lives and progresses forever is at the core of Latter-day Saint doctrine. Within families led by a father and a mother, children develop virtues such as love, trust, loyalty, cooperation and service.
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Humanitarian Services
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides relief and development projects for humanitarian purposes in countries all over the world. Projects operate without regard to the nationality or religion of the recipients.
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