Religion

''Opening our relationship has made us stronger.''

A murder at Sydney's Scientology centre has thrown the shadowy organisation back into the spotlight. A former members tells The Weekly how the church almost destroyed her life.

''That just totally flipped my world upside down.''

''The idea of getting out of some debt and being ahead and just being financially stable is the biggest burden, and weight lifted off my shoulders ever.''

Targe Hough was on his deathbed, when miraculously he opened his eyes.

Without a feather of a doubt, I'm the cluckiest woman in town!

“This show would be a God-given blessing.”

The nuns were meant to be looking after us, not ruining our lives.

With a new year comes new opportunities and Jessica Marais is ready to take on 2019!

In the Twelve Tribes community, members dance, sing, work hard and bake great cookies. But Beverley Hadgraft meets the former members and investigators who believe the community is a cult that's also abusing its youngest and most vulnerable members.

Is this new TV advert comedic genius or recklessly offensive? You decide ...

The TV bad guy turned to the good book following a traumatic break-up.

Victoria Police announced the charges against Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric.

Who knew!?

Would you pull your child out of school if they discriminated against gay people?

“I think it could have been done better ... And the more you learn the better off you’re going to be.”

“How did you let a Muslim win?” angry callers are asking the competition's national director.

Cardinal Pell says he’s been keeping Pope Francis regularly informed about the two-year investigation and he intends to “clear his name.”

"They ran around knocking on people’s doors. Thank God for Ramadan," one local woman said.

Tara was an innocent 8-year-old when a religious elder abused her.

The singer also recalls how she spent her teens praying “the gay away”.

All of the schools are understood to be in Western and south-western Sydney.

Mounting backlash against the Sudanese-born Muslim youth activist comes after she came head-to-head with Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie on Q&A last week.

The NSW Department of Education has openly backed the "agreed protocol" despite the practice being questioned by senior Islamic leaders.

You might want to turn your volume down for this one…

Bigots have tried to discourage Islamic devotion by throwing bacon on Muslim prayer mats at a Bankstown Hospital.

Moutia Elzahed, wife of convicted terrorist recruiter Hamdi Alqudsi, refuses to stand in court because she allegedly claims she 'won't stand for anyone except Allah'.

When he first came to fame during his Australian Idol days, Guy Sebastian was extremely religious but the singer has admitted he found his faith "manipulative."

Pope Francis might still think that abortion is a “grave sin” but he believes that there is “no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away”.

Is this mum's outrage fair, or should she chill out?

A priest described as one of Victoria’s most dangerous paedophiles is behind bars serving a total sentence of 18 years and four months. Robert Patrick Claffey, 73, has been jailed for using his position as a Catholic priest to sexually abuse 12 Victorian children between 1969 and 1992. He pleaded guilty to 19 charges. His […]

The My Name is Earl star and his wife Ceren Alkac have turned their backs on the controversial religion.

“The 30,000-plus people from over 90 countries gathering at the convention come in the spirit of fraternity – and to give thanks for the security and freedom they have found in Britain."

Debbie Hoad was baptised at age eight and left the church seven years ago.

Sonia Kruger’s controversial comments could land her in hot water with the companies she’s associated with.

“Sonia Kruger isn’t evil. She’s scared and she’s trying to make sense of the world.”

She’s not backing down.

Across Australia, religious groups are offering to help gays and lesbians overcome same-sex attraction. Clair Weaver goes undercover to find out what’s going on.

A young woman's story of how she became a disciple in an Australian cult.

It was a “hard slog” for George Pell this week. His words, absolutely not mine, just to be clear.

For decades Cardinal Pell has insisted he knew nothing about child abuse in the church. Speaking at the Royal Commission yesterday he revealed a different story.

A new church in New Zealand has been legally recognised - The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

As churches around the world prepare to observe Christmas, Bryce Corbett celebrates the myriad of ways in which Australians express their faith - and showcase their houses of worship.

This archaic view of childbirth will blow your mind!

On the first day of Eid, hundreds have been killed in a stampede outside the Holy city of Mecca during this year's pilgrimage.

A recent report has revealed the bizarre way churches are monitoring who gets to church - and who doesn't.

Justin Bieber touched down in Sydney for a five day Hillsong Church conference.

There are cases in which separation is inevitable.

“To treat them as the same does a grave injustice..."

Mother and writer, Zoe Arnold asks isn't it time schools teach world religion?

A meeting between political rivals ended with a prayer, so is the new game of politics love not war?

While most western women might struggle to imagine any upsides to wearing a veil over their faces, a new study suggests that the hijab actually shields women from developing a negative body image. The study, published in British Journal of Psychology, interviewed 587 Muslim women in the UK – of these 369 wore some sort […]

They live lavish lifestyle most of us can't even dream of, but these superstars nearly threw it all in for a religious life.

In less than 24 hours, cardinals from around the world will begin the papal conclave, the process by which the next Pope will be chosen.

New wives who have already promised to honour and “submit” to their husbands could find their marriages are not legally viable. A proposal by the Anglican diocese in Sydney that a woman must pledge to “honour and submit to [her husband] as the church submits to Christ”, has sparked heated debate amongst social commentators and […]

Women traditionally promise to “obey” their husbands when undertaking marriage vows, but the Anglican diocese in Sydney has decided a woman must now pledge to “submit” when she gets married. The new wedding vows have been branded sexist by commentators, who say the change in wording is a step backwards for the church. Olympics outrage: […]

They finished last and by a considerable margin, but Sarah Attar and Wojdan Shaherkhani got a standing ovation for being in London at all. Sarah, 19, and Wojdan, 16, are the first women to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympic Games. While their sporting achievements didn’t win them any medals — Sarah came last […]

It turned her into a saint, but the full story of Mary MacKillop’s most important miracle has never been told — until now. In this interview Kathleen Evans breaks her silence on her miraculous recovery from cancer, and what happened next. Life as a walking miracle has its challenges. Those who meet Kathleen Evans often […]

When young Arwa imagined the man she would spend her life with, a rugby league player was not top of her thoughts, she tells Michael Sheather. Then she met Hazem. Love sometimes appears in the most unexpected places. For Arwa El Masri, wife of rugby league star Hazem El Masri, it arrived with a jolt […]