Pope Francis has blamed the rich and powerful for placing the planet in unprecedented danger as he demanded urgent and concerted global action against climate change.

Do you agree with the Cosmopolitan Club barring a Sikh for wearing a turban? We ran an online NZ Herald poll to find out...

"I tried to explain that the turban is part of my faith and it is not a headgear that I can take off, but the reception just refused to accept that."

A University of Auckland academic wants guidelines on Ramadan fasting observance times to prevent confusion over fasting periods among Muslims.

Stand by for an unholy row as the Pope comes out as perhaps the world's most effective environmental campaigner.

A cross on the summit of Auckland's Mt Roskill was removed this week.

Auckland Council has upset the city's Hindu community by trying to hold the Auckland Diwali celebrations a month before the actual religious festival.

The county’s largest Bible-studies provider has won the right to weigh in on a legal stoush over religious instruction in primary schools.

A photojournalist was given full access to the daily lives of Gloriavale residents.

Cameron McLaren spent two days in the isolated Gloriavale West Coast community in May as part of a project to document the reclusive Christian community in a book.

Brian Tamaki's comments on "gaypower" have been defended by an unlikely ally - an openly gay man who is close friends with the Destiny Church leader.

A religious expert claims controversial preacher Brian Tamaki is not the only Christian group leader promoting anti-gay views.

The woman who put Gloriavale cult leader Hopeful Christian in prison says he is no man of God and labelled him a “pervert”.

It's just after six on a Friday night and I'm outside the City of God. Polarising religious leader, the self-styled Bishop Brian Tamaki, is launching the annual conference.

The country's largest Muslim school is under investigation for the way it spent public money after complaints were made to officials during a review.

The woman who put Gloriavale Christian Community guru Hopeful Christian in prison for indecent assault has had her name suppression lifted so she can tell her story.

Two Sydney archbishops knew of paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale's "sexual problems" and that he should be kept away from children, an inquiry has heard.

Auckland's third new Hindu temple this year will open in Henderson next month.

Italy is now the only western European country that does not recognise either same-sex marriage or civil unions.

Destiny Church is circulating images of wads of cash and the Twitter hashtag "iwannagive" to followers before its annual conference.

The lawyer for a man trying to remove religious instruction from schools has used the analogy of David and Goliath.

The provider of Bible studies will argue in court today for the right to be heard in a legal battle over religious studies being taught in state schools.

Cardinal George Pell tried to bribe a victim of paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, an Australian royal commission has heard.

New Zealanders want the next census to continue to ask about religion.

The mother of a 6-year-old hit by a car as he walked to school believes he owes his life to the actions of a Sikh man who removed his turban to stem the bleeding.

Providers of Bible studies at more than 660 public Kiwi schools will head to the High Court next week to fight to keep religious studies in our classrooms.

Secondary school students were handed a pamphlet branding women in de facto relationships "cheap prostitutes".

"Anyone would have done the same." Harman Singh woke up yesterday to hundreds of messages praising his humanity.