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Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | 3 March 2014

Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | 3 March 2014

After working on the story for several months, 
The New York Times published a 4,500-word article on Saturday, 1 March, triggered by the surge in numbers of female missionaries serving for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since the minimum age for service for women was dropped from 21 to 19.

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