Utah, where 56% of the state affiliates with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has the highest rate of weekly church attendance in the country. Read more.
The Mormon Church on Friday released photographic copies of an 1825 letter written by church founder Joseph Smith Jr., the oldest ever found in his hand, in which he suggests occult methods for finding treasure guarded by "some clever spirit."
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