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SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormon leaders issued an unequivocal mandate to church members: Do not submit names of Jewish Holocaust victims or celebrities for proxy baptism. Doing so could cost Mormons access to their church's genealogical data or even their good standing in the faith. By Peggy Fletcher Stack.
Topics:
Faith,
Doctrine & Practice
Beliefs:
Judaism, Mormon
Tags:
culture, lds, mormon leaders, mormons, proxy baptism
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