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sltrib.com > opinion > commentary > 02/12/2026 > opinion-want-more-babies-abolish

Opinion: Want more babies? Abolish commutes.

4+ hour, 52+ min ago   (237+ words) (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rush hour traffic on I-15 on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Panicked by falling fertility rates " which hit a record low of 1.6 children per woman in 2024 " the administration has floated all kinds of ideas to encourage babymaking, from…...

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sltrib.com > religion > 11/25/2025 > pope-leo-vatican-denounce-polygamy

Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy

Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (381+ words) (Vatican Media via AP) Newly elected Pope Leo XIV concelebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Friday, May 9, 2025. Vatican City " A…...

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sltrib.com > religion > 10/03/2025 > opinion-lds-churchs-family

Opinion: The LDS Church’s family proclamation is commentary — not revelation

Opinion: The LDS Church’s family proclamation is commentary — not revelation4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (322+ words) (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" was unveiled in September 1995. On Sept. 23, 1995, President Gordon B. Hinckley stood before the women of the Relief Society and unveiled what has since become one of…...

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sltrib.com > religion > 09/01/2025 > ysa-conference-kristen-oaks

‘Do you always double-date like this?’ — Kristen Oaks recalls her first date with LDS apostle Dallin Oaks

‘Do you always double-date like this?’ — Kristen Oaks recalls her first date with LDS apostle Dallin Oaks5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (703+ words) Never sabotage eternal happiness or the chance to marry for a job opportunity. This was the guidance Kristen Oaks, wife of senior apostle Dallin H. Oaks, offered Saturday to more than 20,000 young single adults and members of The Church of Jesus…...

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sltrib.com > opinion > commentary > 08/11/2025 > voices-reasons-behind-utahs

Voices: I study childrearing. The reasons behind Utah’s declining fertility rate might surprise you.

Voices: I study childrearing. The reasons behind Utah’s declining fertility rate might surprise you.6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (277+ words) (Clarissa Casper | The Salt Lake Tribune) Used baby onesies collected as part of erthaware's 10,000 Onesies Project in Logan. Twenty years ago, Utah had the highest fertility rates in the country. But since 2007, the total fertility rate in Utah has dropped…...

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sltrib.com > religion > 02/21/2025 > lds-church-changes-polygamy

LDS Church changes its polygamy cartoons for children — including the message

LDS Church changes its polygamy cartoons for children — including the message11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (767+ words) Only a few months after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published an illustrated explanation for children about the faith's historic practice of polygamy, it has changed the images " and the messaging. In its first rendition, the chapter…...