News Releases
Popendetta Papua New Guinea Saints Still Standing on Solid Ground
In 1991, then Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, presided at the groundbreaking for a meetinghouse in Popendetta, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. 34 years later, the meetinghouse, which also served as a district centre, is about to make way for a new and larger stake centre to be built on the hallowed...
The Church of Jesus Christ Provides Life-saving Medical Equipment to Papua New Guinea Hospital
In Papua New Guinea’s economically challenged Western Province, the provincial capital of Daru struggles to provide modern medical care to its citizens. Despite the service of dedicated doctors, nurses and medical professionals, cutting edge medical equipment is often in short supply.
President Nelson Dedicates the Syracuse Utah Temple
From Newsroom (Salt Lake City) Church President Russell M. Nelson dedicated the Syracuse Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday, June 8, 2025. This is the 24th dedicated temple in Utah (the Salt Lake Temple and Provo Utah Rock Canyon Temple are under renovation) and the 206th temple in the Church.
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The Church of Jesus Christ Strengthens Global Effort to Help Women and Children
From Newsroom (Salt Lake City) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is bolstering its global initiative to improve the health and well-being of women and children.
Papua New Guinea’s Fourth Stake is Created in Lae
After decades of slow but steady growth, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is now blossoming in Papua New Guinea. For the second time in less than a year, a cluster of small congregations, known as a district, is becoming a stake, with larger congregations and entirely local leadership. *
Young Men Organization 150th Anniversary Broadcast in July to Honor Aaronic Priesthood
From Newsroom (Salt Lake City) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will honor the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood and the 150th anniversary of the Young Men organization with a broadcast on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
Children Lead the Way to Papua New Guinea's Rising Temple
As construction of Papua New Guinea’s first temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues in the capital city of Port Moresby, young Church members in the rural village of Sabusa asked their parents if they could make the long drive as a group to see the temple rising in their country.
Elder Soares Dedicates Nairobi Kenya Temple
From Newsroom (Salt Lake City) Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated the Nairobi Kenya Temple, the first house of the Lord in East Africa, on Sunday, May 18.
'Where There is Water, There is Life'
The remote village of Riwaldi, in the Rigo District of southern Papua New Guinea, has struggled for decades to find a source for clean, reliable drinking water. Riwaldi sits near the top of a mountain, and rainwater has nowhere to go except downstream.
A House of Learning in a Remote Mountain Community
On 24 April 2025, students, teachers, neighbours and friends gathered to celebrate the opening of four new classrooms in their modest community school in the remote village of Tauruba, in southern Papua New Guinea.