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Deseret News

Salt Lake City newspaper founded in 1850, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Newspaper United States

Citations
121
Talks
101
Years cited
1994–2026

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October 2026

April 2026

Come Home

Footnote 8

Elder Clark G. Gilbert, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. For a useful discussion of reasons people disaffiliate with religion, see the summary of recent research coming out of Brigham Young University as summarized in Justin Dyer’s Deseret News article “Latter-day Saints Are Retaining Faith at Uniquely High Levels in a Secularizing Society,” published in the Deseret News on December 15, 2025. The research finds that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints retain their faith at uniquely higher levels than other faith traditions, including with Millennials and Gen Z. Moreover, despite narratives that disaffiliation is driven entirely by disbelief, the majority of those who step away continue to feel religion is an important part of their lives and remain open to returning to religious participation.

Eternal Marriage Is an Eternal Journey

Footnote 11

Elder Neil L. Andersen, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. “If you can, by faithfulness in this life, obtain the right to come up in the morning of the resurrection, you need entertain no fears that the wife will be dissatisfied with her husband, or the husband with the wife; for those of the first resurrection will be free from sin and from the consequences and power of sin” (Brigham Young, “Remarks,” Deseret News, Dec. 3, 1862, 178).

October 2025

April 2025

Cherishing Life

Footnote 11

Elder Neil L. Andersen, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. President John Taylor said in 1879, “We must [object to] feticide, infanticide, and other abominable practices … either in the shape of legislative enactment, judicial decision or any other adjunct of civilization” (“Discourse,” Deseret News, Dec. 31, 1879, 755; spelling modernized).

October 2024

October 2023

April 2023

April 2022

October 2021

October 2020

April 2020

A Good Foundation against the Time to Come

Footnotes 2, 3, 4 and 6

Elder Gary E. Stevenson, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. See “At the Tabernacle, Presidents Woodruff and Smith Address the Saints Yesterday Afternoon,” Deseret Evening News, Aug. 30, 1897, 5; “Pioneers’ Day,” Deseret Evening News, July 26, 1880, 2

  2. “Minutes of the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held at Great Salt Lake City, State of Deseret, April 6, 1851,” Deseret News, Apr. 19, 1851, 241.

  3. See “The Temple,” Deseret News, Feb. 19, 1853, 130; “Minutes of the General Conference,” Deseret News, Apr. 16, 1853, 146; “Minutes of the General Conference,” Deseret News, Apr. 30, 1853, 150.

  4. “Remarks by President Brigham Young,” Deseret News, Oct. 14, 1863, 97.

October 2019

April 2019

October 2018

The Vision of the Redemption of the Dead

Footnote 18

President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. The text of the vision first appeared in the November 30, 1918, edition of the Deseret News, 11 days after the passing of President Smith, on November 19. It was printed in the December Improvement Era and in January 1919 editions of the Relief Society Magazine, the Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, the Young Woman’s Journal, and the Millennial Star.

April 2018

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October 2015

April 2015

The Parable of the Sower

Footnote 6

Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. Charles J. Chaput, “The Great Charter at 800: Why It Still Matters,” First Things, Jan. 23, 2015, firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/01/the-great-charter-at-800; see also Tad Walch, “At BYU, Catholic Archbishop Seeks Friends, Says U.S. Liberty Depends on Moral People,” Deseret News, Jan. 23, 2015, deseretnews.com/article/865620233/At-BYU-Catholic-archbishop-seeks-friends-says-US-liberty-depends-on-moral-people.html. Archbishop Chaput also said that “some of our best Catholic institutions have either lost or greatly softened their religious identity. … Brigham Young is an extraordinary university … because it’s a center of learning enriched by its religious identity. Never lose that” (“The Great Charter at 800”).

October 2014

April 2014

Your Four Minutes

Footnotes 1, 3 and 4

Bishop Gary E. Stevenson, Presiding Bishop

  1. See Christine Rappleye, “Mormons in the Olympics: 3 Medals for LDS Athletes at the Winter Games,” deseretnews.com/article/865597546/Mormons-in-the-Olympics-3-medals-for-LDS-athletes-at-the-Winter-Games.html.

  2. See Sarah Petersen, “Noelle Pikus-Pace Wears LDS Young Women Necklace throughout Olympics,” deseretnews.com/article/865596771/Noelle-Pikus-Pace-wears-LDS-Young-Women-necklace-throughout-Olympics.html.

  3. See Amy Donaldson, “Army, Faith Helped Push Mormon Bobsledder Chris Fogt to Olympic Success,” deseretnews.com/article/865597390/Army-faith-helped-push-Mormon-bobsledder-Chris-Fogt-to-Olympic-success.html.

Roots and Branches

Footnote 17

Elder Quentin L. Cook, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. Brigham Young stated, “All I want is to see this people devote their means and interests to the building up of the kingdom of God, erecting temples, and in them officiate for the living and the dead … that they may be crowned sons and daughters of the Almighty” (Deseret News, Sept. 6, 1876, 498). Baptisms for the dead commenced on January 9, 1877, and endowments for the dead were performed two days later. The joy of this was expressed by Lucy B. Young, who said that “her heart was full in the prospect of being received by [her dead relatives] with open arms, as all would be by those who could not do the work for themselves” (in Richard E. Bennett, “‘Which Is the Wisest Course?’ The Transformation in Mormon Temple Consciousness, 1870-1898,” BYU Studies Quarterly, vol. 52, no. 2 [2013], 22).

October 2013

The Moral Force of Women

Footnote 7

Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. “A century ago, attachment scholar John Bowlby found that the bond created through the innumerable caring interactions between a mother and child is the critical foundation for social-emotional development. … And feminist scholar Sara Ruddick identified a mother’s ‘attentive love’ as the core of effective parenting. Through the ‘patient eye of love,’ mothers develop a special knowledge of their children-a knowledge that gives them unique insight into what the truly ‘best practices’ for each child should be” (Jenet Jacob Erickson, “Love, Not Perfection, Root of Good Mothering,” Deseret News, May 12, 2013, G3).

April 2013

Followers of Christ

Footnote 5

Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  1. Chris Williams, in Jessica Henrie, “Father Relies on Faith to Forgive Intoxicated Teen Driver,” Deseret News, Aug. 1, 2012, deseretnews.com/article/865559847/Let-It-Go-Chris-Williams-shares-his-story-of-tragedy-and-forgiveness.html; see also Chris Williams, Let It Go: A True Story of Tragedy and Forgiveness (2012).

October 2012

What Shall a Man Give in Exchange for His Soul?

Footnote 5

Elder Robert C. Gay, Of the Seventy

  1. A bottle of milk and its strippings (rich in cream) was at the center of a dispute between Thomas B. Marsh’s wife and Mrs. Harris, who had agreed to combine resources and make cheese. When Mrs. Harris found that Mrs. Marsh didn’t include the strippings with the milk but kept them for herself, Mrs. Harris complained, and the women quarreled. Thomas Marsh took the matter to the bishop, who sided with Mrs. Harris. It went from the bishop to the high council to the First Presidency, all of whom agreed that Mrs. Marsh was in the wrong. This drove a wedge between Thomas Marsh and the Brethren. Soon after that, Thomas Marsh testified before a Missourian magistrate that the Mormons were hostile toward the state of Missouri. (See George A. Smith, “Discourse,” Deseret News, Apr. 16, 1856, 44.)

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October 2007

April 2007

The Healing Power of Forgiveness

Footnotes 6, 9, 10, 14 and 18

President James E. Faust, Second Counselor in the First Presidency

  1. Marjorie Cortez, “Amish Response to Tragedy Is Lesson in Faith, Forgiveness,” Deseret Morning News, Jan. 2, 2007, p. A13.

  2. Fred Luskin, in Carrie A. Moore, “Learning to Forgive,” Deseret Morning News, Oct. 7, 2006, p. E1.

  3. Jay Evensen, “Forgiveness Is Powerful but Complex,” Deseret Morning News, Feb. 4, 2007, p. G1.

  4. See Pat Reavy, “Crash Victim Issues a Call for Forgiveness,” Deseret Morning News, Feb. 13, 2007, p. A1.

  5. In Deseret Morning News, Feb. 13, 2007, p. A8.

October 2006

Let Us Be Men

Footnote 2

Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Of the Presidency of the Seventy

  1. Leonard Sax, “Project Aims to Study Young Men Stuck in Neutral,” Washington Post, published in Deseret Morning News, Apr. 3, 2006, p. A13. “According to the Census Bureau, fully one-third of young men ages 22 to 34 [in the U.S.] are still living at home with their parents-a roughly 100 percent increase in the past 20 years.”

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October 1994

April 1994

The Path to Peace

Footnotes 3, 4, 7 and 15

President Thomas S. Monson, Second Counselor in the First Presidency

  1. David Hewson, “More than 13,000 Americans Are Buried in Normandy,” Deseret News, 13 Mar. 1994, sec. T, p. 4.

  2. L. Douglas Wilder, in Jill Lawrence, “Early Hardships Shaped Candidates,” Deseret News, 1 Dec. 1991, sec. A, p. 2.

  3. “Family Values in a Violent Society,” Deseret News, 16 Jan. 1994, sec. A, p. 12.

  4. In Dennis Lythgoe, “Extraordinary Letter Shows How Civil War Touched Ordinary Lives,” Deseret News, 16 Oct. 1990, sec. C, p. 3.