The caste system, identified most obviously with Hinduism but present in Islam and Christianity as well, is at the root of some of the deepest and most pernicious forms of discrimination.
The Government has launched a new pilot programme to repair and maintain historic places of worship across England.
Christian advocacy group CARE is asking people to think about whether organ donation could be something they would be prepared to do.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) provides services to about 5 million Palestinian refugees across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank and Gaza.
The number of cases of abuse in Chile's Roman Catholic Church under investigation by prosecutors has more than tripled to 119 in the past month, the national prosecuting authority said on Friday.
UK faith leaders have used the anniversary yesterday of the death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi to urge the government to do more to help child refugees.
The aim of the Fringe Team is not to get these people back into the meeting. It is not to fix them, nor is it to convert them.
The things we think and say influence and shape things for us and around us.
There has been much thankfulness among many Anglican evangelicals about the church's newest bishop.
The agreement signed in Dakar, Senegal, aims to increase access to surgical care and build the capacity of health workers to strengthen surgical care delivery systems.
Like the canaries miners once carried underground as an early warning sign for dangerous gases, the resignation of Frank Field from the Labour whip is an urgent alarm call.
The Catholic church in Australia said on Friday it would oppose laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional.
It's another awesome achievement by someone who has already dropped jaws around the world for his astonishing feats of physical prowess.
