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WA Holocaust museum gets $6m funding pledge

In a sign the State Government is on the hustings already, WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt will today announce a $6 million commitment towards the redevelopment of the Jewish community centre in Yokine.

Nadia Budihardjo — Stirling Times

Religion and BeliefEx-pope overcoming ailment: Vatican

Former pope Benedict XVI's health problems are "not particularly worrying," the Vatican says.

Philip Pullella

Residents opposedReligion no factor in Perth Hills church bid

Mundaring Gospel Trust — a representative of the group former prime minister Kevin Rudd called an extremist cult — wants to build a $2 million church in the Perth Hills.

Kim Macdonald

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‘Extremist cult’ planning $2m church in Perth Hills

A controversial evangelical religious group is planning to build a million-dollar windowless place of worship in Parkerville with a final decision to be made on Thursday.

Kim Macdonald

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New Norcia monks face $8.4m sex abuse compensation bill

Australia’s only monastic town could be on the hook for massive compensation claims for alleged child sex offences.

Peter de Kruijff

Indecent assaultCatholic priest to fight child sex charges

An 84-year-old former Catholic priest will defend allegations he repeatedly sexually abused a girl when she was aged six and seven four decades ago.

Shannon Hampton

Religion and BeliefDalai Lama marks 85th birthday

To mark his 85th birthday the Dalia Lama is releasing an album of mantras and teachings put to music by New Zealand musicians.

EXCLUSIVENuns chastise ‘disturbing’ sins of the ALP

The West Australian can reveal a group of powerful nuns have sent a letter to Labor MPs and Opposition leader Anthony Albanese suggesting the party has lost its way.

Lanai Scarr

Religion and BeliefICAC wants charges over 'ghost guard' scam

NSW's anti-corruption commission has recommended charges, including agaisnt a former police officer, over fradulent security arrangements at Sydney University.

Luke Costin

Harsh wordsPerth Archbishop slams ‘virtue signalling’ minister

Perth Catholic Archbishop Timothy Costelloe released a blistering letter sent to Simone McGurk after she called on him to support legislation that would force priests to break the seal of confession.

Peter Law

Mandatory reporting‘Put safety first’ Catholic Churches told amid new laws

Child Protection Minister Simone McGurk said the revelations of Cardinal George Pell’s knowledge of sexual abuse was a reason for the

Josh Zimmerman

Classroom comebackFeds offer private schools cash incentive to reopen

The Federal Government is increasing its pressure on independent and Catholic schools to provide physical on-campus teaching in Term 2, offering those that do an advance on their funding.

Sarah Ison

Controversial interviewPell ‘not a monster, but a Christian’

Polarising columnist Andrew Bolt says some members of the media don’t want to give up on attacking Pell

Peter de Kruijff

Religion and BeliefIt was 'ironic' I faced abuse claims: Pell

Cardinal George Pell says it's ironic that he's been a scapegoat for child sexual abuse when it was he who led the Catholic Church's Melbourne Response.

Karen Sweeney

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW‘I kicked in my own super’: Pell opens up on legal fees

George Pell says he believes he was a “scapegoat” for the “terrible crimes committed in the church’s name”, revealing his legal bills were paid by wealthy benefactors and his own superannuation.

Zoe Smith

ExclusiveSecretive religious group’s new Perth church plan

The secretive religious group formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren, once labelled an “extremist cult” by Kevin Rudd, has resurrected plans to build a new meeting hall for hundreds of its worshippers in the Perth Hills.

Sarah Brookes

New twistFreed George Pell faces new abuse claims

Acquitted Cardinal George Pell is being investigated over fresh child abuse allegations by a new accuser. The twist comes just days after his previous convictions were quashed by the High Court.

Anthony Dowsley and Shannon Deery

Religion and Belief'Need to support each other': Sunday mass

Churches and religious orders shared their Easter Sunday liturgy with thousands across the country through the power of technology amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ashlea Witoslawski

LIVE STREAMWatch Easter Sunday mass live

Easter is a starkly different one today for Christians, who are adapting to celebrate their most important festival amidst social distancing restrictions.

READ THEIR MESSAGES NOWPerth religious leaders to stream Easter sermons

Church leaders in Perth will today send their parishioners a message of hope — reminding them that Australia will rise again after the darkness that has engulfed the nation because of COVID-19.

Joe Spagnolo

EXCLUSIVERead today’s Catholic homily before live-stream service

We see both the best and the worst of the disciples in that terrible story of Good Friday. It reminds us that the world cannot be divided into two camps: the wonderfully good and the irredeemably bad.

Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB

READ NOWLive-streamed Anglican Easter sermon is one of hope

This Holy Week and Easter is like no other we have known. The church door is closed and no feet have been washed. But the community is still here and there is still reason to keep hope alive.

Most Reverend Kay Goldsworthy AO

‘I am ashamed’Pell: Abusers ‘a cancer’ in Catholic Church

Cardinal George Pell has said he “totally condemns” paedophiles, describing sex abusers as “a cancer” the Catholic Church had to cut out.

Worship continuesClick here for Easter: Churches embrace online change

Churches have been forced to go online this Holy Week as COVID-19 restrictions mean their physical doors have been closed to the public. But has the shift brought some blessings in disguise?

Laura Newell