Mitt Romney is in an impossible situation. He's a devout man who has stayed true to his faith and to his family. But unlike Rick Santorum, who is a Catholic, Romney is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints - a Mormon - who religion is considered st

By Dan Merica , CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog: CNN: Explainer: How and why do Mormons baptize the de

Simon Wiesenthal: his parents were posthumously baptised as Mormons By following stories, you will be notified when new articles on this topic are published. These will appear in your dashboard. In order to view this article, the recipient must be a subs

Posthumous baptism of Holocaust survivors is back in the news, and that always raises a range of questions, not only about Mormon-Jewish relations, but about interreligious relations in general and how we know when they are really real. Most recently, th

By Dan Gilgoff , CNN.com Religion Editor The recent disclosure that Mormons baptized the dead parents of Jewish Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal by proxy has sparked outrage in the Jewish world. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has apologized

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints president Thomas Monson recently earned a runner-up “Worst Persons” award on Keith Olbermann‘s Countdown for having to issue an apology for “continuing (the church’s) policy of posthumous baptism” without the f