Aussie backdown on burqas
A controversial plan to separate women wearing the burqa at Australia’s Parliament has been dropped following outcry.
A controversial plan to separate women wearing the burqa at Australia’s Parliament has been dropped following outcry.
Destiny Church bought five cars - including a luxury Audi - through one of its charities that is more than a year overdue in filing an annual return.
Two teenagers who became poster girls for the jihad in Syria are now desperate to come home after becoming disillusioned with life in the war-torn country.
This year Diwali includes a wedding expo, music lessons and more, discovers Sarah Ell.
The cardinals who elected Pope Francis 18 months ago had no inkling that he would turn out to be such a "rock star" pontiff, two "princes of the church" have said.
'Look at the Earth sitting on top of itself," the Aboriginal man said to me in an Outback mining town, writes Lucy Lawless.
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is about two weeks away but the celebrations will kick off in Auckland this weekend in a big way.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle referred to teaching and politics as the "noble professions".
David Cameron has said that it is "increasingly likely" that a British jihadist beheaded American journalist James Foley
Controversial self-development training programme Avatar claims its course can fix life’s struggles but critics say the mumbo jumbo comes at a cost.
Destiny Church wants its private school to become part of the state system, which would earn it a large boost in taxpayer funding.
Exhausted but overjoyed Meriam Ibrahim had an emotional reunion with family and friends in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Wearing a bright hijab, black blazer and long denim skirt, Mariam Abultewi sat in a taxi she had just ordered using Wasselni, a taxi-ordering and carpooling app she launched in Gaza four months ago.
Former Gloriavale Christian Community members have revealed that hundreds have left since its early days, including several families in the past year or so.
Eric Watson writes: Are there potentially a large number of Kiwis who feel aggrieved because our "most important" public holidays are Christian holy days?
Outspoken Anglican vicar Michael Hewat walked out of the church yesterday over its recognition of same-sex relationships.
A Sudanese Christian woman spared a death sentence for apostasy after an international outcry, met Pope Francis in the Vatican today.
A Catholic priest has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of dealing drugs at a party.
Amid the swirl of opinion around the Anglican General Synod's decision to commit to finding a way to bless gay couples.
Pope Francis has said 2 per cent of the Roman Catholic clergy worldwide, the equivalent of 8000 members, are paedophiles.
A company owned by the Gloriavale Christian Community, on the West Coast, expects to drill a new oil well this spring with a rig that has recently arrived from Korea.
A company owned by the Gloriavale Christian Community expects to drill a new oil well this spring with a rig that has recently arrived from Korea.
An Irish priest has warned his parishioners against "endangering" their souls by practising yoga and other Eastern disciplines.
A new documentary follows the six-week courtship and marriage of a young couple at the Gloriavale Christian sect, after its leaders opened the doors to a film crew.
Australia's Anglican priests will be free to report serious crimes revealed to them during confessions, ending a church law that has its roots in the 12th century.