Kiwi, Amina Hall who became part of Islam faith says being the subject of verbal attacks had opened her eyes and encourages kiwis to be open minded.

According to a Christian group, you shouldn't be reading this article as the world was to be engulfed and destroyed by a great fire on October 7.

Evolutionary biologist and writer Richard Dawkins says he suspects religion is "dying" in New Zealand and that's a good thing for science and education.

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 pope's entourage is about 100 people, which makes it less of a flock and more of a herd.

Jihadists are defecting from Isis after their "Islamist utopia" of luxury cars and "heroism" never materialised.

When Pope Francis celebrates the first open-air mass of his visit to Cuba today, the ghost of Che Guevara will be looming over him.

A rare astrological event next week could herald the end of days, according to some Christian groups.

Destiny School's bid to become state-integrated was rejected because the proposed syllabus was too small and the cost of conversion too high, education papers reveal.

At least 107 pilgrims have been killed overnight and 238 injured when a construction crane crashed through the roof of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca.

This tragedy requires a humanitarian response - economic cost should not be the primary concern in our country's decision in how to act, writes Justin Duckworth, Anglican Bishop of Wellington.

A starving, homeless, Muslim child is every bit as precious as a starving, homeless, Christian child. Neither should be discriminated against.

On a sunny morning earlier this year, a camera crew entered a well-appointed apartment just outside the 9th-century gates of Vatican City.

An appeal has been launched to restore the historic St Patrick's Catholic Presbytery in Auckland's central city.

The clandestine programme represents a significant escalation of the CIA's involvement in the war in Syria, enlisting the agency's powerful Counterterrorism Centre.

Presbyterian congregations are defying the church's national ban on performing same-sex weddings.

Thailand's junta is under scrutiny after mistakenly showing an unrelated picture of a suicide vest during a nationally televised broadcast announcing the arrest of a foreign man in connection with....

When the Westboro Baptist Church protested outside a Foo Fighters concert recently, Dave Grohl and the band responded with a Rickroll.

Yoga has become one of the most fashionable practices in the world. Yet a number of myths have grown up around it. Andrea Jain debunks five of the biggest.

Green Party's education spokeswoman has entered into a war of words with the Christian community over how young people there are being taught.

A new documentary on Gloriavale has revealed more about what it's like to live in the West Coast community - and how its residents react when someone walks out.

A fake Facebook profile set up in the birth name of Gloriavale leader Hopeful Christian has reportedly been used to proposition a Greymouth woman.

Green MP Catherine Delahunty said she was concerned the school's narrow curriculum prevented pupils, especially girls, from going on to tertiary study.

Politicians will demand answers from education bosses over what the extreme fundamentalist school is teaching girls - besides how to expertly wash men's clothes.

Green MP Catherine Delahunty will get plenty of support for her attempt to find out what sort of education is being provided to children in the Gloriavale school.

A Satanic organisation has unveiled a controversial Baphomet sculpture in Detroit.

The father of baby Leo says hundreds of former Exclusive Brethren members want to sue the church over alleged "brainwashing" tactics and human rights abuses.

The "declining religiosity" of scientists working on the summer ice of Antarctica has ended a long-standing relationship with New Zealand priests.

Despite recent rumours he might be leaving the church, Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology have plans for a new TV news network, which has been dubbed “Scientology’s CNN”.

Isis has released new footage from its deadliest massacre, showing executions on an industrial scale at a military base.