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Peggy Fletcher Stack

Senior religion reporter

Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) Historian Jan Shipps in 2007.

Mormon studies loses a giant — a Methodist historian who knew the LDS Church inside and out

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | April 17, 2025, 4:06 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Joseph Fielding Smith, former president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, led fights over evolution, the age of the Earth and orthodoxy.

The ‘most important LDS theologian of the 20th century’ and his anti-evolution fight over ‘pre-Adamites’

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | April 13, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) These screenshots from the church's online store for U.S. members show new garment options for women available toward the end of this year.

‘Mormon Land’: ‘I was so jazzed’ — Why the new garments are a hit and a reminder of a changing church

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | April 12, 2025, 1:49 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días —con dos de sus centros de reunión que se muestran aquí en Kaysville— tiene como objetivo "cumplir desde el primer día" con una nueva ley de Utah que busca proteger a los niños del abuso sexual.

Lo que la Iglesia SUD y otros están haciendo bajo una nueva ley de Utah para proteger a los niños del abuso sexual

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | April 8, 2025, 5:41 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Russell M. Nelson greets 8-year-old Ella Hadley, from Syracuse, at the conclusion of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Sunday, April 6, 2025.

LDS conference highlights: President Russell Nelson calls for more charity, less hostility, in a repeated plea for peacemakers

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | Mark Eddington | April 7, 2025, 11:00 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Russell M. Nelson greets wife Wendy at the conclusion of General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Sunday, April 6, 2025.

Full summary of Sunday’s LDS General Conference: President Nelson calls charity the ‘foundation of a godly character,’ announces temples

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | April 7, 2025, 6:46 a.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf speaks at General Conference on Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Full summary of Saturday’s LDS General Conference: Uchtdorf says a church can make ‘mistakes’ and still be of God; Andersen bemoans abortion

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | Mark Eddington | April 6, 2025, 5:31 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saint scholar Claudia Lauper Bushman chats with friends at a conference honoring her work in Salt Lake City on Saturday, March 15, 2025.

Despite obeying an LDS apostle’s demand that she quit as Exponent II editor, this feminist hero thrived in the church

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | April 7, 2025, 4:30 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, left, and Claudia Bushman stand out today as trailblazers for Latter-day Saint feminists.

‘Mormon Land’: A look at the evolution of LDS feminism with a Pulitzer Prize winner

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | April 3, 2025, 12:20 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — with two of its meetinghouses shown here in Kaysville — aims to “be compliant from Day 1" with a new Utah law seeking to safeguard children from sexual abuse.

What the LDS Church and others are doing under a new Utah law to protect kids from sexual abuse

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | April 1, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) These screenshots from the church's online store for U.S. members show new garment options for women available toward the end of this year.

What LDS women are saying about new sleeveless garments: Yes, you will be able to wear tank tops

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | March 29, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

FOR ONLINE ONLY (Valerie Hamaker via Religion News Service) Nathan and Valerie Hamaker, co-hosts of the popular “Latter Day Struggles” podcast, have resigned their membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They discuss their decision — and the circumstances surrounding it — on "Mormon Land."

‘Mormon Land’: Podcasters explain why they resigned their membership, insist they ‘want the church to thrive’

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | March 26, 2025, 1:57 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ali Larsen and her husband, Ben, have created a new way to dispose of Latter-day Saint temple garments as they show off their latest recycling idea at their home in Plain City on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

There’s a new way to get rid of the old LDS garments

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | March 19, 2025, 4:31 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

The porn predicament: ‘Sexual desire is divine,’ says LDS psychologist, but ‘our behaviors are 100% in our control’

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | March 16, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Church History Library) Ten of Brigham Young’s daughters, photographed in 1865. As social leaders in the Latter-day Saint community, these young women were positioned to lead the new junior retrenchment movement, which eventually grew into the faith's global Young Women program.

From Brigham’s daughters to today’s teens: New book celebrates 150 years of the LDS Young Women program

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | March 12, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

‘Mormon Land’: Why treating porn as an addiction misses the mark and how the LDS Church has improved its messaging

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | March 12, 2025, 2:14 p.m.

(Isaac Hale | Special to The Tribune) The "Y" is lit up in rainbow colors in 2021. Observers say rainbow flags, poster, pins and stickers, however, are becoming more discouraged on campus.

Rainbows are disappearing at BYU in an atmosphere of fear surrounding LGBTQ+ support

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | March 8, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf meets with Ukrainian refugees during a devotional in 2022 in Warsaw, Poland.

As U.S. debates the status of refugees, LDS Church holds up its most famous one

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | March 7, 2025, 5:23 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Joseph Fielding Smith, former president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Scholar Matthew Bowman discusses his new book, “Joseph Fielding Smith: A Mormon Theologian,” in the latest "Mormon Land" podcast.

‘Mormon Land’: The conservative LDS prophet who led fights over evolution, the age of the Earth and orthodoxy

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | March 5, 2025, 1:13 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saint apostle Patrick Kearon speaks via video at the Utah Coalition Against Pornography's conference in Sandy on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

Newest LDS apostle says porn addicts can kick their habit through professional help and Jesus’ love

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | March 3, 2025, 8:17 p.m.

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