Religion

A tense political fight is brewing over the future of laws to compensate survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, as the government faces pressure to expand its scope beyond just churches and religious institutions.

A successful Supreme Court application will allow the church to sell assets to help fund its commitments to victims of historical child abuse.

Another threatening letter has been sent to Lakemba Mosque in Sydney's west, the third in recent weeks just hours before the start of Ramadan on Wednesday.

The police case relies on WeChat communication allegedly between the trio in Australia and a person at China's Public Security Bureau.  

Nearly 300 parishioners attended Ash Wednesday mass in churches across Alice Springs yesterday to mark the start of Lent and begin 40 days of fasting leading up to Easter.

It was a new high, or low, in performative relationship management for a generation who believe a flipped screen and a full-face confession of "accountability" can solve any problem.

The Lebanese Muslim Association's secretary says the community's relationship with police could be fractured following the Sydney protest despite spending "nearly 20 years repairing" the damage caused by the Cronulla Riot.

Most Australians want greater social cohesion here, even if they don't see much of it right now.

A man who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a priest in the 1960s has won his High Court battle over liability, but had his compensation nearly halved.

While Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Sydney, his government was taking concrete actions in the West Bank designed to "continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state".

Unravelling the threads of antisemitism and anti-Israeli sentiment will require both more political courage and more community tolerance than we have seen to date.

The 90-year-old, who lives in exile from his Tibetan homeland, says he accepts the award with "gratitude and humility" but it has sparked a furious response from China.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says "repression cannot go unanswered" as the bloc looks set to categorise the IRGC alongside Islamic State and Al Qaeda.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologises for not being able to protect the victims of the Bondi attack, in an address to the national day of mourning memorial.

Representatives of the Jewish community and Australian National Imams Council front a snap parliamentary hearing called to probe Labor's legislative response to the Bondi terror attack.

Understanding how events unfold in Iran requires understanding how its society and economy have reconfigured in the 47 years since the Islamic revolution.

An Indonesian priest brings a deep love of rock 'n' roll to his pastoral care in western NSW.

Survivors of a secretive Christian sect, under investigation by the FBI, say it is hiding wealth through trusts, blocking access to abuse compensation.

From Bethlehem to Beijing, people around the world have been celebrating Christmas in their own traditional way.

During his Urbi et Orbi (city and world) speech on Christmas Day, Pope Leo XIV has called for an end to all wars and for people to think about the conditions in Gaza.