Tens of thousands of Indonesians rally in the centre of the capital Jakarta, calling for tolerance and unity after massive protests by conservative Muslims against the city's minority Christian Governor.
Middle East correspondent Matt Brown explores the town of Bartella near Mosul, where Iraqi Christians are surveying the wreckage of the Islamic State group's latest rampage.
A rally in Jakarta demanding the jailing of the city's Governor officially ends with the Indonesian President personally thanking the crowd for a peaceful gathering.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says preventing women from driving is "an issue of rights similar to the one that forbade her from receiving an education or having an independent identity".
Thousands of Indonesians join nationwide interfaith rallies organised by the military in an attempt to demonstrate national unity as religious and racial tensions divide the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Melbourne's Catholic and Anglican archbishops pen a joint letter to the Victorian Premier condemning the Government's decision to house teenagers in the "harshest of adult prison settings".
The Anglican Church was aware of the inappropriate behaviour of a serial paedophile priest as far back as the early 2000s but failed to act, the Diocese of Bunbury admits.
The child sex abuse royal commission is urged to find Archbishop of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall did not fully understand an allegation of abuse at a Tasmanian youth group.
The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse releases a report that is scathing of Jehovah's Witnesses use of 2,000-year-old protocols for dealing with complaints.
A child abuse survivor says his biggest fear is that the momentum generated by the child abuse royal commission will dissipate, stopping any meaningful reform.
Melbourne Catholic Priest John Walshe announces he will resign from his position as a parish priest at two schools in the south-eastern suburbs after allegations he sexually abused a trainee priest 30 years ago.
Tensions have run high in Myanmar's Rahkine State since 2012, but a recent military crackdown has drawn criticism from international human rights advocates.
Bishop Greg Thompson says members of the Newcastle Anglican diocese acted like a Sopranos-style protection racket when it dealt with sex abuse complaints.
The Anglican bishop of Newcastle, Greg Thompson, tells a royal commission a priest said in the 1970s he would "get ahead" in the church if he offered sexual favours.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton stands by comments suggesting it was a mistake to resettle many Lebanese-Muslims in Australia, claiming he spoke the truth and would not be intimidated.
Jordan's King Abdullah II talks to Lateline about what Donald Trump's presidency will mean for the Middle East and how Australia can help combat extremist groups including Islamic State.
A man tells a Perth court he was repeatedly undressed and touched in the groin by an Anglican priest in the late 1970s, while going to church with his mother.
