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FILE- In this Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, the angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against the sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is renaming websites, social media handles and email addresses as the faith digs in deeper to its push to be known by the religion's full name and not shorthand names that have been used for generations by church members and others. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in a news release that websites that used &quot;Mormon&quot; and &quot;LDS&quot; will be phased out. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormon websites renamed in push to end use of nicknames

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Producers of "The Chosen" say faith-based TV fills a need for Christian audiences. (Associated Press/File)

‘The Chosen’ TV show uses crowdfunding ‘investors’

By Christian Toto - Special to The Washington Times

Company tied to polygamous sect leader buys Minnesota land

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In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, photo, a nun partakes in the sacrament of confession at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Kottayam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. An AP investigation has uncovered a decades-long history of nuns in India enduring sexual abuse from within the Catholic church. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

AP finds long history of nuns abused by priests in India

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, photo, a Catholic nun stands at the foyer of the St. Francis Mission Home in Kuravilangad in the southern Indian state of Kerala. For decades, nuns in India have quietly endured sexual pressure from Catholic priests, an AP investigation has revealed. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s hidden years of nuns abused by priests

By Tim Sullivan - Associated Press

Illustration contrasting Christmas with government by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

America at Christmas

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Illustration of the entrance to the Church of the Nativity The Washington Times

The call of the Holy Land

By Scott Phillips

Holidays can be tough for ex-members of polygamous sects

By NATE CARLISLE - Associated Press

Polygamous group lets go of sprawling Arizona worship center

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Illustration on a Nebraska school's banning of candy canes by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Nebraska without Christmas

By Everett Piper

FILE - In this March 31, 2018, file photo, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform during the twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Salt Lake City. The well-known Mormon Tabernacle Choir was renamed Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, to strip out the word Mormon in a move showing the faith's new president is serious about ending shorthand names for the religion that have been used for generations by church members and previously promoted by the church. The gospel singing group will now be called &quot;The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square,&quot; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

The Latest: Mormon leader backs push for use of full name

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 31, 2018, file photo, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform during the twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Salt Lake City. The well-known Mormon Tabernacle Choir was renamed Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, to strip out the word Mormon in a move showing the faith's new president is serious about ending shorthand names for the religion that have been used for generations by church members and previously promoted by the church. The gospel singing group will now be called &quot;The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square,&quot; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormons to spend less time at church on Sundays, leaders say

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 21, 2018, file photo, a laboratory manager holds a cannabis sample in Oakland, Calif. The Mormon church is backing a deal that would legalize medical marijuana in Utah, even if the ballot initiative fails in the November election (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Mormon church backs deal to allow medical marijuana in Utah

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2018, file photo, about 1,000 Mormons and former Mormons march to the church's headquarters in Salt Lake City, to deliver petitions demanding an end to one-on-one interviews between Mormon youth and lay leaders and the sexual questions that sometimes arise during the meetings. The Mormon church is for the first time posting the list of questions lay leaders are supposed to ask youth during closed door, one-on-one interviews that have come under scrutiny for sexual questions that sometimes arise. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mormons post questions asked during youth interviews

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

St. Louis County convent is like a place out of time

By ERIN HEFFERNAN - Associated Press

Ulisses Soares, left, of Brazil and Gerrit W. Gong, who is Chinese-American, join a panel called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at the start of a twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Saturday, March 31, 2018, in Salt Lake City. At the church conference this weekend in Salt Lake City, The Mormon church has made history and injected diversity into a top leadership panel by selecting the first-ever Latin American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mormon church’s all-male hierarchy is steeped in tradition

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Cowboy Church brings ‘simple church to complicated world’

By DEBORAH PETERSON - Associated Press