SYDNEY – Religious groups in Australia are allowed to discriminate against people who are gay or transgender, prompting criticism from gay rights activists who find it galling that religious social ...

Canberra, January 14 (ENInews)--As northern Australia suffers the worst flooding in more than 30 years, Australian churches have moved rapidly to respond to the community’s urgent needs. Flooding has ...

Sydney, Feb 4 (EFE).Sydney, Feb 4 (EFE). — Several Anglican churches in Australia have offered to take in asylum seekers who might be deported from the Oceanic country soon, media reports said ...

Cardinal George Pell distributes ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia, March 9. (CNS/Kerry Myers) SYDNEY, Australia-- The energies of Catholic Australians in ...

The Australian Catholic bishops confirmed Wednesday that they will participate in a national compensation program for survivors of child sexual abuse, pending the program's approval by the legislature ...

SYDNEY, Australia – A sign saying "Jesus Loves Osama" outside some churches in Australia drew criticism from the prime minister and other religious leaders on Thursday, though they conceded it was ...

Australian survivors of clerical sexual abuse have been complaining for years about their dissatisfaction with Towards Healing, the Catholic church's national protocol for responding to abuse. The ...

The Catholic Church in Australia is working on a campaign to bring 4.2 million lapsed believers back to the fold. The Australian bishops have set up their first national office to develop strategies ...

(The Christian Science Monitor) In a recent sermon, Mark Dunn asked his congregation to recall the prodigal son as they considered the plight of 267 asylum seekers facing deportation. Australians, he ...

A teenager was arrested Monday in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia after a stabbing attack left a Christian bishop and several others wounded inside a church, Australian police said. Police said later ...

In a far-reaching report on child sex abuse in Australia, a government commission is recommending that the country's Catholic Church lift its celibacy requirement for diocesan clergy and be required ...

Australia’s Catholic Church has rejected calls for priests to be compelled to report child abuse revealed in confessionals. The Church said Friday it would accept “98%” of recommendations made by a ...