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Europe’s escalating unrest raises urgent questions about immigration, national identity, secularism and the decline of Christian influence, prompting calls for repentance, prayer and renewed leadership.

Allegra Spender’s proposed bill reignites debate over discrimination protections, religious freedom and the right of faith-based schools to uphold their beliefs and values.

Tasmania’s proposed conversion practices law raises serious concerns for churches, parents and faith-based schools, with broad definitions, severe penalties and uncertain protections for religious freedom.

An EU court case over baptismal records could pit data protection laws against religious freedom, raising serious questions about whether governments can compel churches to erase sacramental history.

Christian schools in Western Australia can currently hire staff who share their faith. Under reforms flagged by the Cook Government, they may lose that protection wherever faith is not deemed an “inherent requirement” of the role.

Britain’s mounting security failures, immigration pressures and restrictions on public expression raise profound questions about political leadership, national sovereignty and the spiritual state of the West.

A major Australian religious freedom conference has highlighted growing tensions over conscience, faith-based education, speech, public safety and social cohesion.

"We've been lied to for a quarter century about Islam." So says a leading critic of Muslim political ideology on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 — and he argues that deception will cost America dearly.

Newly elected Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has affirmed his Catholic faith, proclaiming “Long live Christ the King! May God bless Colombia!” in a public address.

Sydney sociologist Salvatore Babones argues Pauline Hanson was onto something — monoculturalism, not multiculturalism, is what actually helps immigrants assimilate and thrive, while Europe's approach has failed spectacularly.

Tasmania's Parliament is moving to treat ordinary Christian parenting and pastoral care as a problem to be regulated, and in the Greens’ bill, as a crime.

Bishop Fulton Sheen argued Communism and capitalism share a common root—materialism divorced from morality. That affinity, this piece argues, explains China's persecution of Christians today.

Victoria's cults inquiry report lacks clear definitions and religious freedom safeguards. ACL welcomes support for survivors but warns mainstream churches and homeschooling families could be wrongly caught up.

Hindu Dara Singh, convicted for burning missionary Graham Staines and his sons alive in 1999, is seeking early release. His case reopens questions about justice, remorse, and religious violence in India.

As Australians question whether this year’s Census will undercount Christians, the 2026 National Church Life Survey offers a more detailed picture of Christian belief and practice around the nation — one that leaders say is overdue after years of Covid disruption.

Mosques push for public loudspeaker calls to prayer across Western cities, but the adhan carries deeper historical and religious meaning than commonly assumed.

Curtin University’s alleged on-campus abortion training for midwifery students is raising serious questions about conscience rights, religious expression, oversight, and the future of midwifery.

Two years after FBI agents visited her home, whistleblower Vanessa Sivadge’s case has led to a landmark settlement that compels Texas Children’s Hospital to open a detransition clinic for patients harmed by its sex-change procedures.

The Albanese Government has adopted 35 recommendations from Aftab Malik's Islamophobia report without revealing which ones, while ignoring the Australian Christian Freedom Index's findings on Christian persecution.

Should Australian Bureau of Statistics leadership change hands? A repeatedly altered Census religion question has some questioning whether Gruen can be trusted with the data.