Pope Francis has ruffled a few feathers by declaring the death penalty to be completely “inadmissible”.

Dr Richard Lennan explains how genuine change could take place within the church.

Vatican Journalist Robert Mickens says that people are rightly critical of the Vatican for not demanding the resignation of Philip Wilson.

The first Plenary Council - the historic national gathering to consider the future of the Catholic Church in Australia, will be held in Adelaide in October 2020.

Why India, one of the world’s biggest Muslim countries, is turning to Iran for inspiration.

Swedish writer and feminist, Kajsa Ekis Ekman, challenges the happy-family image of the surrogacy industry.

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is hosting 300 religious and community leaders from 40 countries, including Australia. The summit is considered to be the largest highest level gathering on the issue of religious freedom.

On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul the 6th issued his encyclical Humanae Vitae. To great controversy, it reinforced the church’s ban on artificial contraception. But in the half century since, the encyclical has been widely ignored by Catholic women in the west.

The new head of the Uniting Church tries to hold her flock together after a decision to allow same-sex weddings in church.

During the extraordinary rescue mission to save 12 boys, and their coach in Thailand, people prayed everyday to the spirit surrounding the cave known as the Tham Luang Nang Non - the great cave of the sleeping princess.