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 ...

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 ...