The Religion and Ethics Report

Africa is the new powerhouse of Christianity and, for the vast number of Australians with African background, religion is "central to most aspects of their lives." That’s the key finding of a new report into the community.

Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders has historically had an anti-Islam and anti-immigration stance. And after last week's elections, he's closer to power than ever. Also, Catholicism in the Polish elections.

Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders has historically had an anti-Islam and anti-immigration stance. And after last week's elections, he's closer to power than ever. Also, why centre-left European parties are conflicted over the Gaza war.

The Gaza war is proving uncomfortable for centre-left parties in Europe. Across the continent, social democrats find themselves conflicted over their historic support for Israel, and their more recent sympathies for the occupied Palestinians. 

An Australian property developer has attempted to occupy a prized piece of land in the Armenian quarter in Jerusalem. Though it was overturned, Armenian families are threatened with eviction from homes their community has held for centuries. 

At the time of the Kennedy assassination six decades ago, the Secret Service warned Fr Oscar Huber not to breath a word about what he’d seen. But did he follow their orders?

To charge someone under a legal code that deals with war crimes and crimes against humanity suggests an offence requiring the toughest punishment. But what if the offence was tweeting a quote from the Bible? With Finnish parliament member Paivi Rasanen.

Clouded by the news of war, and a papal cone of silence, a major summit on power within the Catholic Church wrestled with some divisive questions. There was a lot of tension in the room, much of it unreported until now. 

Why a US professor is calling for compulsory ethics to be taught in higher education, in the wake of the Gaza war.

In the fog of two wars —  in Gaza, and Ukraine — has the world lost sight of the humanitarian tragedy in Myanmar? Over 1.6 million Rohingya Muslims have been forced from their country.