Same sex-attracted men and women in Australia simply don't want gay marriages, writes John Heard.

The Church of the Province of West Africa has denounced American and Canadian moves to affirm same-sex blessings, but will not withdraw from the Anglican Communion over the dispute.

There was, in the words of Father Peter Kurti, "a sense of wanting to turn back the clock" as mourners listened to Lewis Rumiz's tearful tribute to his son, who was one of six victims of the Sydney Harbour boating tragedy on May 1.

State sponsored violence against members of the Anglican Church reached new levels over the weekend as police in different parts of Harare gatecrashed church services and beat up parishioners loyal to new bishop Sebastian Bakare.

Christian aid organizations and churches are rushing emergency aid to hundreds of thousands of people in Burma despite visa difficulties and the enormous scale of the disaster brought on by Cyclone Nargis more than a week ago.

An Australian aid plane is expected to arrive in Burma on Tuesday to offload urgently needed supplies in the cyclone-devastated country.

Franklin Graham preached to some 12,000 people in mainland China on Sunday at the largest church in the country.

The primary cause of unhappiness in Britain is not lack of material wealth but a loss of faith in God and religion, a group of MPs says today. In a new report on wellbeing, a crossparty group of Christian MPs echoes concerns raised by the Conservative leader, David Cameron, who has emphasised repeatedly the importance of action to improve society’s sense of “wellbeing”.

The Anglican Church of Canada’s united front against the breakaway congregations and clergy of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) received a major blow last week after a diocesan synod voted to recognize the secessions.

When I started planning this article, I intended to excoriate the Presbyterian Church of Australia for having missed a vital lesson from the Catholic clerical abuse crisis: the importance of transparency and accountability.

As conditions are worsening in Myanmar as the death toll continues to rise and survivors suffer from the lack of essential supplies such as clean water, food, and shelter, World Vision has hundreds of staff on the ground already delivering aid

The son of American evangelist Billy Graham said Friday he is opposed to illegal missionary work at this summer's Beijing Olympic Games.

Dr Rowan Williams responds to UK Government’s Human Fertilisation And Embryology Bill which is being debated in detail for the first time in the House of Commons.

Services at two breakaway Anglican churches in Ontario went ahead Sunday at different venues after parishioners decided they could not share their churches with the diocese as ordered by the courts last week.

THE decision last month by Brisbane's Anglican Church Grammar School - commonly known as Churchie - to ban same-sex partners from attending a year 12 formal raises two important questions: The first is whether the all-boy school was right to do so; the second, did this amount to discrimination?

Right to Life New Zealand says it will request a review of the chief censor's decision to allow the release of a controversial euthanasia book.

Nigeria's Anglican leader has told the country's many Christian polygamists to give up their extra wives.

Organizers of the June Gafcon meeting in Jerusalem report that as of April 25, 267 bishops have registered for the June meeting in Jerusalem.

A religious court in Malaysia has allowed a Muslim convert to leave the Islamic faith, in what is being hailed as a landmark ruling.

Victims' rights groups have outlined plans to protest the Catholic Church's handling of sex abuse cases at this year's World Youth Day festival.

Survival rates for babies born before 24 weeks are extremely low and getting no better in spite of medical advances, according to an authoritative study which will be published today.

Burma's military government is stalling on an earlier commitment to allow World Vision Australia to bring international aid workers and supplies into the country, according to Tim Costello, the organisation's chief.

The Iemma Government has announced a ban on intimate body piercing on children and teenagers. If you're under 16, you won't be able to get rings and studs through your nipples or genitals and any other piercings will require parental consent.

Peter Jensen (``Unique union of a man and a woman’’, Opinion, 8/5) puts forward a particular view of marriage. It’s one of the privileges of those who support the notion of freedom of speech in a democratic society. Every view may be expressed and considered and then adopted or rejected on its merits.

Going by the traditional Jewish blessing "May you live till 120", Israel reaches the half-way mark today, which is no little accomplishment considering the neighbourhood.