The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm will pay $5 million in fines.
Religion
There is a growing trend of people turning to ayahuasca to treat an array of health problems after conventional medications and therapy failed.
Pope Benedict XVI received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick on Wednesday, after his daily Mass.
Community leaders and residents gathered Wednesday night at the Clark County Government Center for the ceremony that included an appearance by the Dancing Dreidels.
The American Hindu Association has proposed building a Hindu temple near Berlin Avenue and Lisbon Street in a neighborhood designated as a Rural Neighborhood Protection Area.
The breach, which happened in March, was not made public until this month due to concerns from law enforcement authorities investigating the incident.
Construction on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ temple in Las Vegas began in 1985.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released new details about the temple planned near Lone Mountain.
Jehovah’s Witnesses suspended door-knocking in the early days of the pandemic’s onset in the United States.
A longtime Las Vegas police chaplain, Bonnie Polley worked with police officers, murderers and anybody in between.
“The first responsibility of the church in abuse cases is to help those who have been abused and protect those who may be vulnerable to future abuse,” according to the 2010 handbook for Mormon church leaders. But church officials tolerated abuse in at least one family for years.
Local religious leaders shared mixed opinions on the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that had enshrined abortion as a constitutional right for nearly a half-century.
Metro’s Summerlin station hosted a breaking of the fast, prayers and a meal Wednesday night.
Nevada’s first Holocaust memorial plaza is expected to open to the public Sunday at the only Jewish mortuary in Southern Nevada.
Gardner is the second woman to serve as bishop in Nevada, after Katharine Jefferts Schori served as the presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church from 2006 to 2015.
