An inner city Auckland church which made world headlines with its Christmas message has had its Easter billboard targeted by vandals.

A leaked video has shown an Indian religious leader getting a little too blissful with two shapely women.

The St Matthew-in-the-City church is hoping its Easter billboard will be as much food for thought as its Christmas hoarding was - but without the controversy.

St Matthew-in-the-City is pleased, but not surprised, at the ASA's ruling that its controversial Christmas billboard was not offensive.

An embattled Pope Benedict XVI is coming under mounting pressure to deal with the worsening child abuse scandal.

The son of a Destiny Church pastor has been charged with indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl, who was placed in the care of a churchgoer by an organisation run by his mother.

An online auction listing for one of Brian Tamaki's covenant rings says the auction is an opportunity to own "a weird piece of New Zealand history".

A Destiny Church pastor working for a child-fostering body that gets $10m a year in Govt funding is placing children with Destiny members.

'You would be expected to take a bullet to protect your pastor,' a former Destiny Church member who worked as a security guard says.

The Human Rights Commission has been asked to clarify whether a Sikh student should be allowed to wear a ceremonial dagger to school.

An Australian euthanasia advocate is meeting plenty of vocal opposition as he tours Ireland.