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Ordain Women co-founder Kate Kelly has lost her final appeal to regain membership in the Utah-based LDS Church.

Mormon critic John Dehlin no longer is a member of the Utah-based faith he has known all of his life — he got word this week he has been excommunicated — but the podcaster still considers himself a Latter-day Saint.

Mormon mothers with children in the home as well as members who have been previously divorced now can be hired to teach in one of the LDS seminaries or institutes of religion.

As the New York Times reported Monday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been quietly publishing essays on its official website for the past year or so that grapple with some of the “dark corners” of our past, most recently, several essaysregarding polygamy.

"Meet the Mormons" is a feature-length film that profiles six diverse members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With excellent production values, "Meet the Mormons" tells stories, much like extended versions of the “I’m a Mormon” shorts produced over the last few years.

A new online essay by the LDS Church says its Book of Abraham is inspired scripture but perhaps not a literal word-for-word translation of ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls by the faith’s founder, Joseph Smith.

A panel of Mormon judges has moved to excommunicate on charges of apostasy the founder of a group advocating for women clergy, according to a statement from the group,Ordain Women.