Minutes after Bishop Victor Silva called on Jesus to cast out "the spirit of sickness", a young man was helped on to the stage claiming his sight had been improved.

Even in California, where people come to convince themselves of just about anything, it's not common for a celebrity couple on the verge of divorce to declare undying love.

An incoming UK Labour government would appoint a gay rights envoy to tackle discrimination around the world, Ed Miliband has pledged.

An evangelical church is marketing olive oil as a part of a religious cure-all treatment for everything from tumours and schizophrenia to relationship problems.

It's unlikely many of us lost much sleep at the thought of Fred Phelps slipping away, writes Jack Tame.

To celebrate the arrival of the honey bee in New Zealand 175 years ago, we explore some amazing facts about bees.

The "least biblical film about Noah ever made" faces a deluge of criticism from religious groups

There has been a lot of debate on whether there should be religious education in schools, but there is one line of thought that has yet to be explored, writes Dr Zain Ali.

What's gone wrong with Lent? When I was growing up in Northern Ireland, it was pretty much mandatory.

Visiting church pastors Michael and Lomi Naisau were distraught when a huge tree branch fell and smashed a car they had borrowed while visiting Auckland for a conference.

Religious instruction policies will not be altered, despite some schools making changes after complaints from parents, the Ministry of Education says.

Pope Francis has caused a stir at his weekly Vatican address by seemingly dropping the F-Bomb with the ease of a drunken docker in a public house.

Concerns are being raised that all religious symbolism could be abolished from schools following the removal of Bible studies from an Auckland school timetable.

The Secular Education Network is not anti-Christian as Dr Paul Moon's article written on February 13 suggests, writes David Hines.

Looking over the curriculum for Bible in Schools, what is most striking is how innocuous it is, writes Dr Paul Moon. It makes its critics appear self-righteous and doctrinaire.

Parents are "very happy" over the decision by an Auckland school to remove religious education classes from its school day.

Catholics are divided on issues such as divorce and birth control amid widespread resentment at Church teachings, two surveys have found.

City Impact Church founders Peter and Bev Mortlock are selling their Whangaparaoa mansion - and its pricetag has surprised one church member.

A primary school is considering "all options" over its Christianity classes after complaints from three parents.

As a cancer sufferer, I echo Stephen Wealthall's call for talking openly and honestly about death, writes Rev Brian Brandon.

A police captain in Indiana says he believes the story of a woman who claimed her children were being attacked and possessed by hundreds of demons.

'I lead this double life because I still have to make a living.' Five women tell the Herald about their lives and challenges they face being Muslim in NZ.

The Pope’s new Spanish Cardinal has called homosexuality a physical “defect” that can be cured, it has been reported.

An attentive passenger on the 2pm ferry leaving Devonport on Sunday afternoon would have been treated to an unusual sight.