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The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the site for the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple.
The Phoenix Planning Commission recommended Tuesday that the City Council give the green light to a proposed north Phoenix Mormon temple.
Mormons on the third major Japanese island, Hokkaido,  are thrilled that President Thomas S. Monson announced in October general conference that a temple will be built in Sapporo, about 500 miles north of Tokyo.
It will be Mormon temple and tabernacle, face-to-face across Main Street in Brigham City.
A proposal to build a new Mormon temple in north Phoenix moved a step closer to reality after getting the green light from a village planning committee.
Holiness describes the very nature of God and everything that is Godlike, said Sister Susan W. Tanner, former General Young Women president, during a devotional on Oct. 20 at BYU-Idaho.
Temple President Earl C. Tingey says the water problems have been resolved and the Washington D.C. Temple in Kensington, Maryland, is set to reopen on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Historical accounts suggest a temple in Brigham City, Utah, had been talked about -- and even a potential site identified -- more than a century ago by two of President Monson's predecessors.
Five new temples were announced in the LDS General Conference morning session: Brigham City, Utah; Concepcion, Chile; Fortaleza, Brazil; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; and Sapporo, Japan.