A message from Pope Francis will be delivered this weekend to Kiwis affected by last month's Kaikoura earthquake.

Controversial pentecostal church leader Brian Tamaki is now warning his followers tremors are a divine alarm after blaming recent destructive quakes on gay people.

COMMENT: The more science advances, the more inclined is the human race to cling to nonsense.

Calls to LGBT support service OUTline are the highest they've ever been.

Destiny Church could be at risk of losing its tax-free status after a member of the public complained to Charities Services.

COMMENT: CNN this week had a discussion where the screen read: "Alt-Right Founder Questions If Jews Are People."

A Muslim cleric gave what has been labelled hate speech in an online video has been permanently stood down.

Stan Walker will headline a men's conference at Destiny Church, less than two weeks after Brian Tamaki blamed natural disasters on gays and sinners.

COMMENT: Blaming quakes on sexual behaviour is a disgraceful insult as our hearts go out to shaken communities.

Tamaki pointed the finger at the gay community, murderers and sinners.

COMMENT: Brian Tamaki's comments concerning earthquakes and their function in God's beautiful plan for mankind are beyond reason and beneath contempt.

Hannah Tamaki is urging people to donate to a charity drive set up to protest against her husband - boasting that Bishop Brian will enjoy a slice of the cash.

Peter Dunne has echoed calls from the public to strip Destiny Church of its tax-exempt status.

Donations to Rainbow Youth are being made in the Destiny Church leader's name after his comment that gays caused Monday's quake.

Brian Tamaki now says it's not just gays who caused the earthquake, but all 'extra-sexual' behaviour is to blame.

A BBC reporter has spoken out against racists who hid pork scratchings in her supermarket shopping basket.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd asked as to the whereabouts of God at a couple of food joints this week.

Humour, happiness and harmony lie at the heart of this Himalayan kingdom, writes Sarah Marshall.

Strict new Vatican guidelines forbid a list of increasingly popular means of commemorating loved ones.

Two women from high-profile fractured relationships have found solace with Destiny Church.

COMMENT: It might have a stronger dollar and a bit more sun, but by more important measures, the Australia of 2016 is embarrassing.

A father who lost a battle against Bible teaching in his daughter's school now says the school is pursuing him for costs.

A Hokitika minister has been elected Bishop of Te Waipounamu in the Anglican Maori Church.

COMMENT: The burqa isn't some post-feminist freedom from a bad hair day. It's a mistake we made to get here.

Exorcisms and spiritual deliverance are on the rise in New Zealand, even among those who aren't Christian, some deliverance ministers say.

I have been invited to a number of special celebrations over the years but it was only recently I had the opportunity to attend a bar mitzvah.

Speaking in tongues, levitating and vomiting nails may seem far-fetched, but experts from the Catholic Church claim there's a sharp rise in people dabbling in Satanism.

From the outside it looks like any other holiday village in China. But hidden inside one of the region's picturesque mountains is a dark and forbidding place.

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COMMENT: Burkinis be damned is the one-sided debate raging here in France. Comeback king Nicolas Sarkozy has promised voters he'll ban the burkini.