Self-described happy people were also more likely to spend their time socialising or going to church.

Five Australians who have been detained in Papua for three months and face possible prison sentences after illegally landing their light plane, flown by Mission Aviation Fellowship pilot Thomas Allen, in the politically sensitive Indonesian province.

More than half of all adults in Britain fear the nation's children are beginning to behave like animals, a new survey has revealed.

Leaders of the Common Cause Partnership, a federation of more than 100,000 Anglican Christians in North America, will release to the public on the evening of Dec. 3 the draft constitution of an emerging Anglican Church in North America, formally subscribe to the Jerusalem Declaration of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) and affirm the GAFCON Statement on the Global Anglican Future at an evening worship celebration in suburban Chicago.

Orissa High Court on Monday rejected a plea by a Christian body for change of the judge heading the judicial commission appointed by
the government to probe communal violence in the state, a lawyer said.

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Members of the Church of England House of Bishops and the Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales are in London today for their second bi-lateral meeting on shared Christian witness.

Fears of split in the Anglican Church have emerged as a top bishop in Britain has flayed the church for its "wishy-washy" attitude over homosexuality.

A new alliance for North American Anglicans will have an important benchmark event in Wheaton, Illinois, on Wed., Dec. 3.

Just before the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy voted Nov. 7 to break away from the U.S. Episcopal Church, the faithful debated their future. The final speaker, a woman, touched on a theological nerve that seemed to seal the decision.

The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle farewells Fr Graeme Lawrence as Dean of Newcastle after 25 years and welcomes the announcement of a new Dean, the Rev'd Dr James Rigney.

As the dust settles on Washington following the Barack Obama earthquake, one group more than any other is expecting to be out in the cold.

Girls as young as 13 will be pressed to have contraceptive injections under British Government plans to reduce teenage pregnancy rates.

Mission Aviation Fellowship says its efforts to reach thousands of refugees in Congo have been seriously hampered by ongoing fighting between government troops and rebel forces and the almost non-existent road networks in some parts of the country.

Evangelical churches were less active in this year’s election process than in 2004, according to a recently released survey.

Catholic bishops from the persecution ravaged state of Orissa warned this week that Hindu extremists have a “master plan” to wipe out Christianity in the remote eastern Indian state.

The theologically conservative Diocese of Fort Worth voted Saturday to split from the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church, the fourth traditional diocese to do so in a long-running debate over the Bible, gay relationships and other issues.

Claims that Prince Charles will amend the coronation oath to become “Defender of Faith,” as opposed to the “Defender of the Faith” are unfounded, a spokesman for the Prince of Wales tells ReligiousIntelligence.com.

Bearing signs such as "No more Mr Nice Gay" and "We're not asking for five wives - just one", more than 10,000 New Yorkers have joined a nation-wide backlash against California's voting down of same-sex marriage rights.

Delegates attending the 26th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth on November 15 overwhelmingly approved realignment with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.

As we all know, this 26th annual meeting of our Diocesan Convention is anything but “business as usual.” Through a long process of spiritual discernment and prayer over the past year and a half or more, we have come to this historic moment of decision making, says Bishop Jack Iker.

Salvage experts will make a final comprehensive search of the sea bed in all the areas where the wreckage from MAF pilot Hadleigh Smith's lost plane may be.

If there is a lesson to be drawn from the euthanasia trial that has ended with the sentencing of Shirley Justins for manslaughter, it is to ignore Philip Nitschke's advice against getting a diagnosis for Alzheimer's disease.

Nationals Senator Ron Boswell says a discussion on second trimester abortions in cases of severe disability is reminiscent of the Nazis' views on eugenics.

"I think the formation of a new province is going to come much more quickly than any of us really thought. I think it will be up and running in early 2009."