The First Presidency previewed several finished rooms inside the Salt Lake Temple on Friday, May 8, 2026. "The opportunity to tour the temple today was a welcome chance to be with my brothers in the First Presidency in a place we cherish," President Oaks said. "I have been looking forward to this opportunity to see firsthand the progress of this important project." The visit comes as work on the historic temple nears completion ahead of the Salt Lake Temple Celebration scheduled for April 5 through October 1, 2027.

Site preparations continue at the property where the Naga Philippines Temple will be constructed. A new construction barrier has been installed, the site has been cleared of brush and debris, and structural fill is being added and compacted across the property. Once these preparations are complete, a date for the groundbreaking ceremony will be announced. Plans for the temple were announced in October 2022.

Temperatures are beginning to rise in Alaska’s largest city where work has commenced on the entrance hardscape for the new Anchorage Alaska Temple. A raised crosswalk will connect the temple and future meetinghouse, intersected by a landscaped median that will separate lanes of on-site traffic. Construction of the temple began in the early months of 2024 and is expected to continue into 2027.

The structural walls for the basement and baptismal font of the Tampa Florida Temple are now in place, and crews have begun installing concrete footings for the temple’s main floor. Underground utility work has been completed, and shipments of structural steel are arriving on site in preparation for heavy framing. At the corner of the property, walls have been erected for the ancillary building that will house a distribution center.