Soaring 36m towards the heavens, a new statue in Poland has dethroned the landmark Jesus of Rio de Janeiro as the world's tallest statue of Christ.

An US megachurch pastor cited as Bishop Brian Tamaki's 'spiritual father' came to NZ with four men he is accused of molesting, their lawyer claims.

Religious extremists have been sending cards to the elderly asking them to pick the date they will die.

A shrine to Saint Mary of The Cross MacKillop was unveiled in Auckland yesterday.

Mary MacKillop (1842-1909) is set to become Australia's first saint.

As violence recedes, many people wantto have contentious murals removed from everyday life.

Brian Tamaki says he is shocked a sex abuse allegations against his 'spiritual father', Eddie Long.

A US man who travelled to NZ to spread the word of God - and whom Brian Tamaki called his 'spiritual father' - is accused of sexually assaulting young men.

Michele Hewitson speaks to the man at the helm of Auckland's most traditional private school for boys, King's College.

Garth George writes that the bigot who plans to burn the Koran shows that religious leaders of any faith can be serving Satan.

Advertising posters depicting the Pope as a paedophile and Prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber have been ripped down.

Church-run book bonfire shows depth of anti-Islamic sentiment simmering in US.

An Auckland churchgoer who defrauded parishioners of $250,000, saying he needed money for cancer treatment, has been jailed.