Salt Lake Trib covers the Mormon church's 'year of scrutiny'
by: Pam Spaulding
Sun Dec 28, 2008 at 10:30:00 AM EST
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There is an interesting look at the roller coaster ride of the image of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2008, from the rise and fall of Mitt Romney's presidential bid to the Mormons hopping in bed with the Catholic church and conservative Christian evangelicals to raise millions for Proposition 8 in California. It's worth the read. A snippet of the SL Tribune piece by Peggy Fletcher Stack:
In March, Mormon leaders were chagrined by news accounts of three Mormon missionaries in Colorado who apparently desecrated a Roman Catholic shrine. Though the Catholics ultimately forgave the missionaries for their vandalism, a month later the Vatican issued an order, blocking LDS access to Catholic parish records because of the Mormon practice of baptism for the dead. The move caused widespread hand-wringing among genealogists everywhere, including Catholics.
Catholics and Mormons later put aside their differences to become allies on a different political issue -- gay marriage.