(RNS) — On Tuesday of this week, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints instituted a number of revisions to the temple endowment ceremony. Over the last few days, I’ve been ...

The LDS Church announced changes to its temple endowment ceremony, but has not yet specified what those changes are. One possibility is that they will remove or lessen physical touch in the ritual.

LDS Church changes temple ceremony; faithful feminists will see revisions and additions as a ‘leap forward ... “The endowment is full of symbolism,” the narrator states in one video.

The endowment ceremonies include the “making of sacred covenants, or promises, to God,” they said, and resemble other such covenants like “prayer, immersion of an individual at baptism, or ...

The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints is upset over an upcoming episode of HBO's "Big Love" which depicts an endowment ceremony, one of the Mormon church's most sacred events.

The Mormon Church has changed some of its most sacred rituals, eliminating parts of the largely secret ceremonies that have been viewed as offensive to women and to members of some other faiths ...

HBO defended its plans to depict a sacred Mormon temple ceremony in an upcoming episode of “Big Love.” The drama about a Utah polygamous family will show an endowment ceremony. HBO said it did ...

In the scene, actress Jeanne Tripplehorn’s character, Barb, goes through the endowment ceremony as she faces losing her membership in the Mormon church.

SALT LAKE CITY -- HBO is defending its plans to depict a sacred Mormon temple ceremony in an upcoming episode of "Big Love." The drama about a Utah polygamous family will show an endowment ...

The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints is upset over an upcoming episode of HBO's "Big Love" which depicts an endowment ceremony, one of the Mormon church's most sacred events.