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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has spent the past few weeks in a moment of both mourning and transition. On Sept. 28, 2025, a shooting and arson at a Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Michigan killed four people and wounded eight more. What’s more,...
Salt Lake City, UTAH — Communities worldwide are mourning the passing of Russell M. Nelson, the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a former world-renowned heart surgeon. President Nelson passed away peacefully at his home in Salt Lake City shortly after 10 p.m....
HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story.
When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he was aroused, she said.
It was March 2017 and Rytting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Young People from across American Samoa gathered for a week of fun and faith as part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “For the Strength of Youth” (FSY) 2023 conference recently.
Youth experienced a little of what life as missionaries for the Church...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan woman, and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is among the nine female church members appointed to serve on the Relief Society General Advisory Council, which assists the Relief Society General Presidency of The Church to help meet the...
BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was sexually abusing her.
The father, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an admitted pornography addict, was in counseling with his bishop when he...
Paramount Builders on Tuesday beginning sitework at the future home of Pago Pago American Samoa Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Ottoville Road. A crew has been working on the site since last month. The Church announced that the ground breaking for the Temple has been...
Mrs. May Manuo Lopesi and her Lopesi boys posing for a family photo after church yesterday morning at the Aua LDS Chapel. [courtesy photo]
Reginald Wayne Shute, a former President of the Apia Samoa Temple in Pesega was laid to rest on Good Friday in Utah. He was 86. Mr. Shute's passing was announced in a statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in numerous capacities for the Church in the Pacific...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was a day of “Thanksgiving” on Tuesday, when LBJ Medical Center held a ceremony to celebrate the 100th successful total knee replacement surgery — a surgery that has been available at the hospital since late last year, led by Elder Dr. John Edwards, who has been...

![Missionary Sayon Ang holds up a sign signifying she speaks Cambodian during the twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 4, 2014, in Salt Lake City. [AP Photo: Kim Raff] Missionary Sayon Ang](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lds_missionaries.jpeg?itok=pJozXOy5)
![President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson following a devotional in Apia, Samoa on Saturday, May 18, 2019. At right is His Highness Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aleto’a Eti Sualauvi II, Samoa Head of State. [photo: Deseret News] President Russell M. Nelson and others](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/late_pres_of_lds.jpg?itok=2mf2EZP_)

![Participants in the ‘For the Strength of Youth’ (FSY) 2023 conference sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for youth, ages 14-18 years, where lasting friendships were created. [courtesy photo] Two participants enbrace](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lds_lasting_friendships.jpg?itok=cvDSn2SR)





![These patients standing, were among those who attended Tuesday’s LBJ Medical Center celebration of the 100th successful total knee replacement surgery, since the program was officially launched October 2019 by Elder Dr. John Edwards — a US certified orthopedic surgeon — part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints Medical Mission to American Samoa. [photo: FS] Knee replacement patients standing](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_5178jpg.jpg?itok=sk7ULGv4)