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A street is strewn with debris, including a white car, corrugated metal, mud and knocked over signs, and flooded with water, after Hurricane Otis.
Church’s Mexico Area presidency expresses support for those affected by Hurricane Otis
By Mary Richards
Missionaries are safe and accounted for after one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit Mexico.
A new video from the World Food Programme thanks The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its support.
World Food Programme highlights Church of Jesus Christ in efforts to fight hunger
By Mary Richards
A new video highlighted how the Church’s large donation has helped feed vulnerable people in nine countries.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband greets a few members outside the Bangkok Thailand Temple.
‘Cradled in the arms of prophets, apostles’: Elder Rasband dedicates Bangkok Thailand Temple, the first on the Southeast Asia peninsula
By Scott Taylor
Elder Rasband paid special tribute to the roles of the last 3 Church presidents in the coming of the Bangkok Thailand Temple.
Apichat Choysrakoo and his mother and father — Kesorn and Somchit Choysrakoo — watch 4-year-old Kirin.
How the Bangkok temple stands on the foundation of 6 decades of the Church in Thailand and multigenerational members
By Scott Taylor
Temple dedication brings focus on missionary work and conversion in the ‘60s and ‘70s as well as the future generations of Thai Latter-day Saints.
Elder D. Todd Christofferson speaks at a podium at the Seminario SUDamericano 2023 conference in Florianópolis, Brazil.
Elder Christofferson, Bishop Caussé speak on being stewards of the earth, at Brazil conference
By Valerie Walton
“Our love of God and our discipleship of Jesus Christ will be a sure guide,” Elder D. Todd Christofferson said.
Ambassador Cheikh Niang, representative to the United Nations in New York from Senegal, meets with members of the First Presidency and other Church leaders on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
Dignitaries from 7 countries — from Samoa to Senegal — meet with Church leaders
By William Matheson
Seven foreign dignitaries meet with Church leaders and visit Church sites in September and October.
BYU Jerusalem Center
BYU Jerusalem Center students returning home at the end of the month
By Mary Richards
The Oct. 18 update came after attacks in southern Israel moved students from Jerusalem to Greece.
A large group of Latter-day Saints of all ages from the Rivas Ward takes part in a service project in Nicaragua.
Nicaragua Latter-day Saints celebrate 70 years of the Church in the country
By Mary Richards
Members of the Church took part in community service projects to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the gospel in Nicaragua.
An Afghan boy stands in front of his house that is now stone rubble and part of a frame.
Church leaders express condolences after deadly Afghanistan earthquakes
By Mary Richards
The Church’s Middle East/Africa North Area presidency responds to latest deadly quake in Herat province.
Burundi Prime Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca welcomes Rwanda Kigali Mission President N. Christian Mavinga as Elder Paul B. Pieper, General Authority Seventy and second counselor in the Africa Central Area presidency, observes.
Church leaders meet with Burundi prime minister in Central Africa
By Mary Richards
“Our first mission is to help people come to Jesus Christ,” says mission president.
Brightly colored flowers are the digital backdrop of the Tabernacle Choir and orchestra, with the organists standing on the left and directors and leaders standing in the center, in the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico.
Tabernacle Choir setting sail to the Philippines in 2024
By Ryan Jensen
The second stop on its multiyear, multination tour will take the choir to the Philippines for the first time.
BYU students watch the sunset at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Jerusalem, Israel, on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
BYU Jerusalem Center announces students and faculty will continue studies in Greece
By Trent Toone
Students, faculty and staff have remained safe, with the center’s evacuation coming one week after the conflict in southern Israel began on Oct. 7.
Map of Israel and neighboring areas
First Presidency issues statement on Middle East violence
By Scott Taylor
“We affirm that He calls upon all of us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and we pray for a peaceful resolution of all conflicts,” statement says.
Five African members of parliament take a tour of the Ghana Missionary Training Center.
African leaders visit Ghana MTC and BYU in October
By Mary Richards
Delegates from several African nations took a tour of the Ghana Missionary Training Center while others attended the annual symposium on law and religion at BYU.
Children play on new playground equipment on the House of Hope campus in Apia, Samoa.
Giving hope to survivors of abuse in Samoa
By Mary Richards
Church support helps women and children fleeing domestic violence at House of Hope.
A view of Old City from the BYU Jerusalem Center in Jerusalem, Israel, on Friday, April 21, 2023.
BYU Jerusalem Center students safe as war is declared in Israel
By Valerie Walton
Saturday’s Hamas attack was not targeted at Jerusalem, but BYU Jerusalem Center leaders have contingency plans in place to keep students safe.
Honorees wearing leis pose for a photograph.
Polynesian Cultural Center cites 60th anniversary ‘treasures, examples’
By Mike Foley
Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii cites 60th anniversary “treasures, examples” by honoring 14 “living treasures” and eight others for “exemplary service.”
A Pakistani woman named Ghulam holds her baby in temporary housing after flooding destroyed their home.
Church support helps survivors of devastating Pakistan flooding
By Mary Richards
The Church is working with ShelterBox, Islamic Relief and UNHCR to get relief to thousands of people affected by last year’s flooding in Pakistan.
Members of the Twin Falls 20th Branch (Swahili) take a picture with Sister J. Anette Dennis in the center in Salt Lake City.
Swahili-speaking members feel ‘stronger than ever’ after Salt Lake City visit
By Mary Richards
Members of a Swahili branch of the Church in Twin Falls, Idaho, attended general conference and met Sister J. Anette Dennis of the Relief Society general presidency.
Doctors, local officials and representatives from Project Hope and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attend the ribbon cutting of a new outpatient health clinic in Zahatlsi, Ukraine.
Church helps open new health clinic in Ukraine
By Mary Richards
Project Hope provided a new outpatient health clinic in Kyiv region with Church support.
President Dallin H. Oaks shakes the hand of Hungarian President Katalin Novák in the Church Administration Building.
Hungary’s president meets with First Presidency, speaks at BYU
By Mary Richards
Hungarian President Katalin Novák discussed faith and family at BYU and received a copy of the Book of Mormon at Church headquarters.
Cardinal Antoine Kambanda from Rwanda joins Elder Ronald A. Rasband and others at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City.
Rwanda Catholic Cardinal visits headquarters of Church of Jesus Christ
By Mary Richards
“You are welcome in Africa,” Cardinal said in a meeting with Elder Ronald A. Rasband.
President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency shakes the hand of Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa.
Members of First Presidency meet with prime minister of Samoa
By Rachel Sterzer Gibson
President Oaks, President Eyring and Elder Soares greeted Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa of the Independent State of Samoa, in the Church Administration Building.
Relief Society President Camille N. Johnson hugs a woman affected by the Maui wildfires in Kahului, Hawaii.
Relief Society, Primary and Young Women leaders minister around the world in September
By Mary Richards
All nine sisters testify of Christ, teach to children, youth, young adults and women in the Americas, Africa and Pacific
Examples of humanitarian efforts in Belize, Turkey, Florida and New Zealand.
Living the second great commandment: See examples of how the Church provides worldwide aid
By Mary Richards
In the past several months, the Church of Jesus Christ has donated money to promote health and child nutrition, provided supplies for schools and hospitals, and given funds to help after natural disasters all over the world.
President Russell M. Nelson receives the Gandi-King-Mandela Peace Prize from Lawrence Edward Carter Sr., professor and founding dean of the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, at the annual Worldhouse Interfaith & Interdenominational Assembly at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
Watch the October 2023 edition of the World Report
By Ryan Jensen
The latest version of the Church’s World Report includes updates on leader ministries, temples milestones and humanitarian efforts.
Sudanese refugees seeking shelter in Chad in 2023. The Church is donating a combined $8.25 million to the World Food Programme and UNHCR to help with the refugee crisis in Sudan.
$8.25 million Church donation to help refugees in Sudan
By Mary Richards
The combined donation to the World Food Programme and UNHCR is in response to the urgent humanitarian crisis.
Actor Sean Astin speaks with emcee Kirby Heyborne at the final day of the 2023 RootsTech conference at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City.
2024 RootsTech registration now open
By Kaitlyn Bancroft
The annual family history conference takes place Feb. 29-March 2, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Elder D. Todd Christofferson greets members after a Spanish-language devotional originating in Mexico City.
Church leaders emphasize education during historic Spanish-language devotional originating from Mexico City
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Education has always been a fundamental belief of the gospel of Jesus Christ, explained Elder Christofferson, Elder Rasband and President Johnson in Latin American devotional.
From left, Brother Alin Spannaus, Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus, Sister Amy A. Wright, Brother James M. Wright during their trip to the Church’s Pacific Area in September 2023.
Sister Wright and Sister Spannaus help children and youth in the Pacific feel love of the Savior
By Rachel Sterzer Gibson
The women leaders visited several countries in the Pacific this month, focusing on ministering to children and youth.