A capacity-crowd at the Sydney Synod has voted for a re-affirmation of marriage as between a man and a woman and called for all Australian Christians to respectfully engage in the public debate on redefining marriage.

The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has delivered a rallying address on Christian mission, persecution and perseverance at the start of the 2015 Synod.

The Bishop of Western Sydney, Ivan Lee, has been diagnosed with a pancreatic tumour.

The Bishop of North Sydney says the proposal that Australian women would be able to access abortions by phone smacks of a program driven by commercial concerns rather than by genuine care for people.

Architects have been appointed to design a multipurpose auditorium on a 1.8-Hectare site at Stanhope Gardens in Sydney’s north-west.

“God’s been driving the project and I’m just trying to keep up!”

Where to go and what to do when moved by people affected by conflict.

One of the privileges of working in aged care ministry is that we, as chaplains, are often praised by staff and, more particularly, by residents and family members.