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Church pushes olive oil cure-all
An evangelical church is marketing olive oil as a part of a religious cure-all treatment for everything from tumours and schizophrenia to relationship problems.
An evangelical church is marketing olive oil as a part of a religious cure-all treatment for everything from tumours and schizophrenia to relationship problems.
It's unlikely many of us lost much sleep at the thought of Fred Phelps slipping away, writes Jack Tame.
To celebrate the arrival of the honey bee in New Zealand 175 years ago, we explore some amazing facts about bees.
Controversial church plans to picket Lorde's Kansas concert and claims NZ is hated by God for its filthy manner of life, false religious systems and evil govt.
Fred Phelps, founder of the highly controversial anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, has been excommunicated from the group and is close to death, his son has said.
The "least biblical film about Noah ever made" faces a deluge of criticism from religious groups
There has been a lot of debate on whether there should be religious education in schools, but there is one line of thought that has yet to be explored, writes Dr Zain Ali.
What's gone wrong with Lent? When I was growing up in Northern Ireland, it was pretty much mandatory.
Pope Francis has caused a stir at his weekly Vatican address by seemingly dropping the F-Bomb with the ease of a drunken docker in a public house.
Concerns are being raised that all religious symbolism could be abolished from schools following the removal of Bible studies from an Auckland school timetable.
The Secular Education Network is not anti-Christian as Dr Paul Moon's article written on February 13 suggests, writes David Hines.
As a rich historical and cultural tapestry the Bible has played a prominent role in the development of human civilisation over the past two millennia, both for better and for worse.
A booklet aimed at addressing family violence in ethnic communities has been launched by the Government today.
Looking over the curriculum for Bible in Schools, what is most striking is how innocuous it is, writes Dr Paul Moon. It makes its critics appear self-righteous and doctrinaire.
Parents are "very happy" over the decision by an Auckland school to remove religious education classes from its school day.
Catholics are divided on issues such as divorce and birth control amid widespread resentment at Church teachings, two surveys have found.
As a cancer sufferer, I echo Stephen Wealthall's call for talking openly and honestly about death, writes Rev Brian Brandon.
A police captain in Indiana says he believes the story of a woman who claimed her children were being attacked and possessed by hundreds of demons.
'I lead this double life because I still have to make a living.' Five women tell the Herald about their lives and challenges they face being Muslim in NZ.
The Pope’s new Spanish Cardinal has called homosexuality a physical “defect” that can be cured, it has been reported.
An attentive passenger on the 2pm ferry leaving Devonport on Sunday afternoon would have been treated to an unusual sight.
An ex-Bishop of Auckland who played a pivotal role in integrating Catholic schools into the state system died yesterday, aged 96.
An Afghan man is understood to have become the first atheist ever to secure asylum in Britain on religious grounds.
Pope Francis has broken protocol to invite an old friend up for a ride on his popemobile in St Peter's Square.
Divine intervention may be needed to help resolve a dilemma that has been brewing in Samoa - exactly which day is the Sabbath.