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A court in Indonesia sentenced Meiliana, an Indonesian of ethnic Chinese origin, to 18 months incarceration as per a newly introduced blasphemy law.

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Source: World Religion News

3000 Jews and Muslims signed up to learn a song together entitled 'One Day' - The result was perfect harmony.

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Some imams in Australia still teach that the Koran permits husbands to beat their wives, with police reporting Muslim men are citing scripture to justify abuse. Now a new generation of faith leaders is working to undo the damage.

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Source: ABC

It's 7pm on a Wednesday and, good Lord, it's cold in the Melbourne suburb of Heathmont. If Glenn wasn’t sleeping inside (the heated) Heathmont Baptist Church tonight, he would be shivering in a pitch-black Vermont water tunnel.

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Source: The Age

An order of Catholic monks famous for their six-day silent retreats and chanting have bought a property in southern Tasmania that they hope will become their new Australian base.

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Source: ABC

Australia has its first Pentecostal Prime Minister with Scott Morrison elected Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Australia.

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Source: Eternity

There are around 1,650 asylum seekers and refugees, adults and children, currently in Manus and Nauru. These are people who arrived by boat after 19th July 2013 and are still awaiting resettlement. Many are entering their sixth year in those regional processing centres, and a steady stream of health professionals have articulated concerns about the mental and physical damage sustained by people who have been given little reason to hope for a time when they can establish permanent roots in a community. These are lives on hold.

For those who have not heard, a diverse range of faith communities around the world are awakening to a fresh opportunity to help create a safer climate future. The initiative, called “Living the Change: faithful choices for a flourishing world”, is seeking to challenge people of faith to live more simply, in line with the long-held spiritual traditions.