Act leader Jamie Whyte calls the Green Party "not so much a political party as a religious movement, worshipping snails and ferns and all things Gaia".

A church whose congregation helped to shape Auckland is facing demolition after failing to meet new earthquake standards.

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.

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.

The high number of babies being born in a reclusive Christian community on the West Coast is likely to offset any exodus, says someone who left.

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.

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.

A parent has taken concerns about religious teaching to the Human Rights Commission in the latest effort to remove the lessons from state school time.

The European Court of Human Rights has upheld France's ban on wearing a burqa or a niqab in public.

The sister of the 11-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed a classmate in the head with scissors has complained to the Ministry of Education about the school.

Kiwi league star and ex-All Black Sonny Bill Williams will play and train for the next month without food or water during daylight hours because of his religious beliefs.

A church which advertised that a prayer session could heal health problems including "incurable diseases" has been told to remove the advertisement.

Muslims in New Zealand will this year be fasting just 11 hours during Ramadan while their counterparts in the Northern Hemisphere will be going without food for over 20 hours.

When Andrew Hedge comes to the aid of the sick and dying, a look of calm crosses the patient's face.