The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said his coalition government could potentially agree to a national referendum on same-sex marriage. He stressed that his coalition had decided to keep b...
Australia's prime minister has delivered a formal apology to the country's victims of child sex abuse, saying the nation must acknowledge their long, painful jo Scott Morrison's emotional speech deli...
Anglican priests in Australia are being allowed to go to police if they take a confession of a serious crime. Previously church law meant they were sworn to secrecy unless the person consented to the...
An Australian Primate has rebuked two bishops who attended the GAFCON consecration of a new missionary bishop in Illinois, USA. The Most Reverend Dr Philip L Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne wrote an ...
An Australian inquiry into child abuse has recommended the Catholic Church lift its demand of celibacy from clergy and clarify the extent that the seal of the c Australia's Royal Commission into...
Australian prosecutors have said they will appeal for a tougher sentence for the most senior Roman Catholic cleric convicted of covering up child sex abuse. A magistrate last month ordered former Ade...
A Salvation Army major from Western Australia has been attacked and killed whilst ministering in Malawi. 60-year-old Major Geoff Friend was attacked on Saturday and was hospitalised, he later d...
The Australian Christian Lobby has said ordinary Australians are "being shut out" of the decision of whether to legalise same-sex marriage in the country. The campaign group's speaking after the Labo...
A man's been arrested after a Christian woman was stabbed moments after she began reading the Bible at a migrant centre in Austria. According to the Daily Express, the 50-year-old woman was attacked ...
An Austrian cardinal has urged the country's new president to "unite" the country after a bruising presidential election campaign. On Monday it was confirmed Alexander Van der Bellen, the leader of A...
A senior cardinal in Austria has denied attacking Islam after he asked Catholics if Muslims are attempting to "conquer Europe" in a speech. The Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schönbo...
A Christian writer who's released a book encouraging children to tell their friends about Jesus has said she hopes it reaches countries where believers are seve Ruth Dickson's new title, 'Have You No...
The author of a highly critical book about Pope Francis, entitled The Dictator Pope, has been suspended by the Knights of Malta lay religious order. In a statement, the order said it disassociated it...
An American who confessed his book about dying, meeting Jesus and coming back to life was a lie is suing the book's Christian publishers. Alex Malarkey is filing a lawsuit, claiming Tyndale House mad...
Bestselling American author Stephen King has told Rolling Stone magazine that organised religion is "a very dangerous tool that's been misused by a lot of peopl Mr King went to a Methodist church whe...
Freedom charity Middle Eastern Concern (MEC) are urging the Christian community to pray as authorities continue to close churches and stop Christians meeting in Following the closure of buildings in ...
Government authorities have demolished a state-registered church in China while the congregation was in the middle of a worship service. According to religious freedom charity China Aid, the governme...
Authorities in Portugal have rejected claims made by a television programme that a convent was damaged while Monty Python star Terry Gilliam filmed a movie ther Claims that the shoot left chipped mas...
Authorities are working to confirm the identity of a man who attacked police outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris yesterday. The hammer-wielding assailant attacked officers - injuring one pe...
A South African gospel singer has died after a short battle with tuberculosis, his family have confirmed. Lundi Tyamara, 38, had been admitted to hospital four weeks ago but passed away this morning....
