Church Leadership, Global Expansion, and Faith in Action | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 13, 2026 · 1m

Church President Dallin Oaks prepares to deliver a landmark address on faith and religious liberty at the Washington National Cathedral ahead of Constitution Day, while the White House taps a faithful Utah native, Justin Bytheway, to become the first U.S. ambassador to reside in Tonga — a nation with one of the world’s highest concentrations of Latter-day Saints. Amid growing public scrutiny over the church’s trademark battle with the “Mormon Stories” podcast, global expansion continues with the upcoming dedication of a new temple in Cleveland and the groundbreaking opening of Cambodia’s…