Darryl Smith was sexually abused while attending Catholic schools.

A vote on legalising euthanasia could be closer than predicted.

A former Waikato priest, already jailed for sex offences, has admitted more charges.

Aides serve a US president who demands absolute loyalty, but don't get it in return.

But the council won't say who the buyer is - yet. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Christchurch students travel the distance of a trip to the moon to get to top schools.

Interactive: Statistics for 2016 show winners and losers by decile.

Gary Michael Menzies drowned at Karekare Beach last weekend.

New Zealand's most senior Catholic has appealed to fellow Catholic, Prime Minister Bill English, to reconsider plans to deport Indian

Church leaders remind us that the message of Christmas goes beyond just words.

New Zealand's new Prime Minister is a former farmer and literature student from smalltown Southland who once described himself as "specialising in being boring".

Parishioners shocked, saddened by statue's theft

Suzanne Aubert was an inspirational figure in New Zealand history.

Worried Hato Petera College principal is expecting bad news about the future of his school.

A new app will help users get a quick confession if they have sinned.

A 4-year-old boy who died at his Auckland daycare on Friday has been described as a "little angel" at a prayer service held in his memory today.

He didn't name names, but Pope Francis has condemned the political use of fear and the building of walls.

Eltham teddy bear involved in international kidnapping case. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Strict new Vatican guidelines forbid a list of increasingly popular means of commemorating loved ones.

The Vatican is struggling to cope with a massive rise in demand for exorcists by Italians who are finding themselves increasingly menaced by demons.

Dame Lowell Goddard, who quit as head of the massive UK public inquiry into child abuse after just 18 months, had been on a salary package worth almost $870,000.

Boys as young as 6 were told to "stop making up stories" when they complained about priest's sick abuse.

One of the Isis knifemen who stormed a church in Normandy before slitting the throat of an elderly priest has been named as known terror threat.

Outrage has erupted in Samoa after a national newspaper published a photograph on its front page of a dead transgender woman.

Church bestows message of hope, peace, joy and love.

SUVs with men-in-suits-and-dark-glasses standing in their open doors, a truck full of police with machine gun carrying men in fatigues inside, and then finally more men in suits running ahead of the Popemobile, writes Richard McLachlan.

The leaders of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches will put on a united front, asking the Prime Minister to increase the number of refugees New Zealand lets in.

One of the world's oldest religions is facing extinction, and will be fighting for its survival in Auckland later this year. Plus, how religious is your suburb? Use our interactive.

The future of Hato Petera College is under threat from a falling roll, dilapidated buildings, bullying, infighting and a lack of confidence from its owner.

The freedom to pop out for a pizza is the main thing Pope Francis misses two years after being elected the head of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.