KSL

Rebuilt Temple Dedicated in Samoa

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The rebuilt Samoa Apia Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been dedicated by church President Gordon B. Hinckley. The temple was dedicated Sunday as ...
KSL

Destroyed Samoa Temple to be Rebuilt

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will rebuild its Western Samoa temple that burned to the ground last week. The Apia Samoa Temple will be rebuilt utilizing a more ...
Los Angeles Times

Church Plans to Rebuild Temple in Samoa

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced plans to rebuild its temple in Apia, Samoa, after it was destroyed in a July 9 fire. No one was injured in the blaze in the ...
The Spectrum

4 Latter-day Saint temples to re-open for proxy ordinances

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will re-open four temples for proxy ordinances as early as Dec. 21, 2020, according to an announcement released Monday. The Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple, ...
The Digital Universe

BYU Religious Studies Center releases volume on Pacific Isles

Topics discussed in this volume include the introduction of the gospel to Tubuai, the influence of Jonathan Napela in Hawaii, the Tongans’ receptivity of the gospel, the Oahu Tabernacle, the ...
Los Angeles Times

Malietoa Tanumafili II, 94; king of Samoa for more than four decades

APIA, SAMOA — King Malietoa Tanumafili II, one of the world’s longest-reigning monarchs, has died, the prime minister’s office announced. He was 94. Malietoa died Friday night at Tupua Tamasese ...