Religion
Justin Welby criticises Ugandan church’s backing for anti-gay law
Archbishop of Canterbury expresses dismay over church’s support for Ugandan law enacted last month
Harriet Sherwood
09, Jun, 2023 @7:00 AM
Pat Robertson obituary
US TV evangelist who sought the Republican presidential nomination and helped make religion central to the party’s politics
Michael Carlson
08, Jun, 2023 @6:58 PM
Book bans are sweeping US schools. A surprising new victim? The Bible | Arwa Mahdawi
When Utah’s Republican lawmakers decided to clamp down on ‘pornographic or indecent’ texts, they won’t have had the Old Testament in mind, writes Arwa Mahdawi
Arwa Mahdawi
07, Jun, 2023 @6:00 AM
Australian abuse survivors fight to stop Catholic church’s ‘new type of cruelty’
Survivors are lobbying to change the law to prevent institutions unfairly using legal stays to stop them taking cases to trial
Christopher Knaus
06, Jun, 2023 @12:00 AM
The church at the end of the world – photo essay
Perched atop a scree hill north of the village, a Russian Orthodox church keeps watch over the Antarctic outpost Villa Las Estrellas. It was built in 2002 from wood shipped from the Siberian city of Altay and its bells were brought from Vladimir, a city east of Moscow
John Bartlett and Sean Smith in Villa Las Estrellas
05, Jun, 2023 @6:00 AM
Virgin Mary apparitions ‘not always real’, says Pope after statue row
Pontiff appears to reference a woman who drew pilgrims to a statue near Rome she claimed shed tears of blood
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
04, Jun, 2023 @2:26 PM
Utah school district that banned Bible considers removing Book of Mormon
Davis school district says it will assess text after complaint for ‘pornographic or indecent materials’ under law passed last year
Oliver Milman
03, Jun, 2023 @3:22 PM
Home Office could forcibly separate non-cohabiting couple before their wedding
Youssef Mikhaiel is at risk of forced removal to Egypt before he marries Sarah Bradley
Diane Taylor
02, Jun, 2023 @1:13 PM
‘Insidious organization’: a reality TV family and the dangers of fundamentalism
Amazon series Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets goes beyond the famous family into the fundamentalist ministry they represented
Adrian Horton
01, Jun, 2023 @6:15 PM
NSW lawyers call for reform of ‘disgraceful’ tactic churches use to block abuse claims
Critics say the seeking of permanent stays in cases where perpetrators have died amount to ‘another layer of abuse’ for survivors and a failure of moral leadership
Christopher Knaus
31, May, 2023 @11:30 PM
From chapel building to babysitting: how prisoners of war enriched our lives | Letters
Letters: Gordon Williams describes the converted hut painted with wonderful frescoes by Italian prisoners of war in his local area, while Christine Hayes remembers how German prisoners helped out her parents
31, May, 2023 @3:09 PM
Martin Scorsese to make another movie about Jesus, he announces after meeting Pope
Scorsese, cinema’s most mainstream Catholic director, angered Catholics globally with his 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ
Catherine Shoard
29, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
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