Church
Miracle or optical illusion? Video shows Virgin Mary's lips moving as church prays
Some people are calling it a miracle, while some people think it's just a trick of the light: A painting of the Virgin Mary at Saint Charbel's Maronite Catholic Church in Punchbowl, Sydney was seen moving along while the priest was praying.
Pope Francis' plummeting popularity is nothing to worry about
This was a good Pope. Now he has a measure of unpopularity, he has the chance to be a great one.
Writer of 'Christian erotica' says her goal is to save marriages
The former wife of an Alabama pastor is on a mission to help Christian couples save their marriages by spicing up their sex lives.
Kenyan evangelicals warn Obama not to use his visit to press for gay rights
Evangelical pastors in Kenya are lobbying US President Barack Obama not to press for the "gay agenda".
Evangelical Alliance: Tony Anthony's Taming the Tiger is fiction, not fact
The EA has issued a statement in which it stands by its 2013 verdict on the best-selling book.
Hillsong's Brian Houston: The power of confession
Speaking at this year's Hillsong Europe Conference in London, Brian Houston taught on the power of words to bring breakthrough.
Denver megachurch pastor: Why we need armed guards in our services
"We've never been safe in our churches â not an African-American man, not in America."
Prosperity preacher Creflo Dollar makes fresh appeal for funds
The evangelist whose request to buy a top-of-the-range private jet was met by widespread ridicule has launched a new fundraising campaign.
Protesting Mark Driscoll at the 02: Lone campaigner on why she took a stand
Gender justice campaigner Natalie Collins unveiled a banner saying, "Weep with those who weep."
Bobbie Houston: The world is ripe for harvest
People are searching for God, and we're entering into an "enormous harvest", Hillsong's Bobbie Houston told Christian Today.
US-China human rights dialogue is 'useless, toothless show' says China Aid president
The president of human rights organisation China Aid will tell a US Congressional hearing tomorrow that the Government should be much tougher on China over religious persecution.
LGBT Catholics 'alienated' by Church, gay priest says in letter to Pope
A gay priest fired from his job as a university chaplain has urged Pope Francis to meet with LGBT Catholics when he makes his trip to the US later this year.
Bishops call for an end to death penalty 'cycle of violence'
Death sentences in the US are at their lowest level since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
A philosophy for the 21st century: How to read Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is a book that, on first reading, is unspeakably bleak.
Reverse missionaries: Can priests from India help revive the Church in Scotland?
The Catholic Church in Scotland is importing priests from India with the aim of evangelisation.
Catholic Church in Germany hit by mass withdrawals
More than 200,000 German Roman Catholics formally left the Church last year.