2025 year in review with Deseret News editors Doug Wilks and Sarah Jane Weaver

<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/year-in-review/">2025 was a year</a> of milestones, mourning and inspiration for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Celebratory stories included <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2025/10/14/president-dallin-oaks-named-prophet-announces-new-first-presidency-eyring-christofferson/">President Dallin H. Oaks</a> becoming the 18th President of the Church, the announcement of <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2025/10/24/55-new-missions-announced-for-2025/">55 new missions opening</a> around the world, and the <a href="https://www.deseret.com/business/2025/07/05/deseret-news-175-year-timeline/">175th anniversary</a> of the Deseret News (from which the Church News began as a section in 1931). These stories were offset by stories of loss, including the death of <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2025/09/28/president-russell-m-nelson-dies-101/">President Russell M. Nelson</a> at the age of 101, a deadly <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2025/09/28/church-sunday-shooting-latter-day-saint-meetinghouse-grand-blanc-michigan/">attack on a Church meetinghouse</a> in Michigan, and the death of members of the Church in an <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2025/07/18/finding-purpose-after-surviving-deadly-bus-crash-lesotho-maputsoe/">auto accident in southern Africa</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">For <a href="https://www.deseret.com/?__hstc=264139411.a9d84b777a9201aa40009e7bce08e708.1746458728703.1766840146941.1767069092989.169&amp;__hssc=264139411.1.1767069092989&amp;__hsfp=1861690169">Deseret News</a> executive editor <a href="https://www.deseret.com/authors/doug-wilks/?__hstc=264139411.a9d84b777a9201aa40009e7bce08e708.1746458728703.1766840146941.1767069092989.169&amp;__hssc=264139411.1.1767069092989&amp;__hsfp=1861690169">Doug Wilks</a> and former Church News editor and current Deseret News editor <a href="https://www.deseret.com/authors/sarah-jane-weaver/?__hstc=264139411.a9d84b777a9201aa40009e7bce08e708.1746458728703.1766840146941.1767069092989.169&amp;__hssc=264139411.1.1767069092989&amp;__hsfp=1861690169">Sarah Jane Weaver</a>, the gospel of Jesus Christ has helped them find personal comfort as they covered the news for their readers. They join <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/authors/ryan-jensen/">Church News editor Jon Ryan Jensen</a> to discuss the events of 2025.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/podcast">The Church News podcast</a> is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> across the globe. Hosts <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/authors/ryan-jensen/">Jon Ryan Jensen</a>, editor of the <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/">Church News</a>, and <a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/authors/mary-richards/">Church News reporter Mary Richards</a> share unique views of the stories, events, and people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, &ldquo;What do I know now?&rdquo; because of the experience. Produced by <a href="https://kellieannhalvo.com/">KellieAnn Halvorsen</a>.</p>