Julia Sweeney—in keeping with the Catholic faith in which she was raised—has a confession to make. The encounter with Mormon missionaries that she chronicles in her poignant, funny journey-to-atheism ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church’s strict rules about email communication for missionaries have been loosened a bit to allow them to send emails to friends, priesthood leaders and new converts.

Pedaling around Napa on bicycles, wearing white button-up shirts and ties, black pants and name tags pinned over their chests, the clean-cut-looking young men are hard to miss. To some, their ...