Perhaps a true-to-life biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, can never be written. Smith’s claims to accessing the divine were too outlandish, his embrace of polygamy too ...

(RNS) — ‘I think the evidence for Joseph’s polygamous sealings is pretty overwhelming,’ says historian John Turner, who has penned a new biography of Joseph Smith.

Merrell Joseph Young, born June 12, 1938, in Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2025, in Findlay, Ohio, at the age of 86.

Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman discusses LDS prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, who led fights over evolution, the age of the Earth and orthodoxy.

Speaking to young adults at Utah State University, Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles bore witness of Joseph Smith and the fruits of the restored gospel.

Ruth Young, 91, St. Joseph, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. She was born Aug. 7, 1933, in Dora, Missouri, to Fred and Lola (Shipley) Ingram. Ruth married James Maxwell Young in January 1951 ...

Inspired by the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening, Joseph Smith founded the most widely-practiced religion founded in the United States, the Mormon faith.

The “Come, Follow Me” study guide for Jan. 13-19 covers Joseph Smith—History 1:1-26, which recounts young Joseph’s prayer in the Sacred Grove and the First Vision. Read what Church leaders have said.

Joseph Smith, the Founder and Prophet of Mormonism, Was Born Into an Impoverished and Itinerant Family in Vermont Throughout his childhood, the young Smith, born on this day in 1805, fought ...

In this way, he tells the story of Smith with caution, curiosity and very little moralization. “Joseph Smith and the Mormons” recounts how young Joseph and his father would convince wealthy ...

Joseph R. Biden, once considered too young to serve, now too old to win Joe Biden’s life and political career has careened between unexpected triumph and unimaginable tragedy, leading him to the ...