Using smart phones and other digital technology to create emoji, memes, gifs has proved to be a great tool for improving literacy in primary school students. The SELFIE project led by Kathy Mills from Australian Catholic University (ACU) , embraced the modern language and platforms of children and gave them new ways to express ideas, feelings and emotions. Improved literacy is a benefit for many areas of life from health to employment.

A ruling by Canada's highest court has prevented a Christian University establishing a law school, based not on the quality of the proposed degree but on the Christian view of marriage which the University endorses. Is this a precedent that will erode religious freedom elsewhere?

Chris Cippoloni didn't set out to be 'that guy who wrote a book about depression and Christianty'. It began as a few scribbled thoughts as this pastor and teacher tried to make biblical sense of the condition that had led him to hospital.

Mission Australia's 2018 Winter Appeal focuses on the close link between domestic violence and homelessness. The organisation says over 1165,00 thousand people are homeless every night.

The eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano over the last several months has been spectacular and reportedly has even rained gems.  Emeritus Professor Richard Arculus, from the Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU, a world-leading expert on volcanoes gave Open House a lesson on volcanic plumbing and revealed Australia has two active volcanoes of it's own.

What can you do when the 'howling void' of the internet pops up as a meme on your facebook feed? Are 'majority' opinions just people trying to guess what everyone else thinks? Mastering the art of disagreeing agreeably.

An outstanding opportunity for young Christians to polish their skills and become the leaders we need for tomorrow. "We sponsor 100 plus of the best up and coming Christian leaders, and bring them together with an exceptional group of established Christian leaders. We send these young people home with pathways and a plan to live out their faith." William Wilberforce Foundation CEO, Jonathan Green, told Stephen O'Doherty on 'Open House'.

Myanmar's most senior Catholic, Cardinal Charles Mong Bo

Australia prides itself as being open and inclusive; the 'Land of the Fair Go'. Human Rights Advocate, Lawyer Julian Burnside, QC, begs to differ. He says "Australia is "the worst in the world" when it comes to how we treat asylum seekers.

When you consider what World Vision CEO

The huge issue of human rights was not even mentioned during the meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean supreme leader, Kim Jong Un. Former Australian High Court Justice, Michael Kirby, chaired a UN committee investigating shocking abuses in the secretive state. The report of the investigation detailed a state sponsored system of abuse which included, forced abortions, political executions, torture and religious persecution.