A potential conflict between Jewish organizations and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over vicarious baptism was averted Monday when the church said that Simon Wiesenthal’s name ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Not all members of the Jewish faith are outraged over recent reports of Holocaust victims being posthumously baptized in LDS temples, against church policy. Jeff Jacoby ...

Latter-day Saints pride themselves on being a “peculiar ... fast Sunday, Word of Wisdom, baptism for the dead, garments, manifesto, the block. These terms all have specific meanings for members ...

including denying access to these genealogical records or other privileges to those who abuse them in this way," a statement by the LDS church said. The proxy baptism of Gandhi is not the first in ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints removed the name of Holocaust survivor and ... s name from the list of those to receive posthumous rites, which include baptism. Later the same day the ...