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Oct 29, 2023
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EP 83 - Dr. Patrick Mason co-hosts, the LDS church and climate change, Mitt Romney in the spotlight, Faith matters conference controversies, and temple updates
Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!
Get to know Patrick (5 minutes)
What’s your one minute Mormon story?
You have considerable experience in LDS related news including:
Latter-day Landscape (Mormonism Magnified)
A forgotten gem 
mormon news weekly
Mormon News Weekly discussion
What was the goal? 
Why did it end? 
Do you have plans to get back into the LDS news sphere?
Patrick’s X reaction to the canceled MNW endeavor 
You have made the rounds on many LDS affiliated podcasts including those with tiny followings and even quasi-conspiratorial shows.

MNRU Joke of the week
Patrick

Articles
Seems to be a bit of a departure from the Church’s neutrality on this issue in times past
I didn’t realize the church had a sustainability manager: Jenica Sedgewick
KUER poll - only 10% of latter-day Saints believe climate change is a crisis
Church donated Great Salt Lake water shares last year 
Church’s mostly failed attempt last year to go brown (Axios)
Mormon environmentalism stewardship alliance
Romney, currently an active LDS senator from Utah, has announced he won't seek reelection in 2024.
As Romney saw it, Coppins writes, the most pressing challenges in the global church of 17 million members came not from without, but from within — namely in “retaining young people, promoting faith in a secular world, and addressing prickly issues in the church’s history.”
is Mitt Romney correct about the modern day Threats to the church?
Right leaning church member weighs in
Who is right? Romney or Packer?
A tough take, but accurate?
Romney’s own public service and his views on the dysfunction of American politics
Most people look at Latter-day Saints and good secret keepers
Gordon Monson on Faith Matters
Meme
Temples
Cody Wyoming internal documents related to the Church’s planned temple show the angst this building brings to this small community
LDS donor of temple site plot offers job to city employee
New Orem temple paves way for longtime Provo temple to be demolished, rebuilt
Should the Provo temple be torn down and remodeled?
Should the SL Temple have been gutted?
Church donates nearly $1 million to Florida food bank
Short from Morgan from my spiritual life
Conclusion
You latest book is Proclaim Peace: The Restoration Answer to an Age of Conflict
What projects do you have planned in the future either at USU, additional books, or in other ventures?
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