June 5 - An Anglican church on the Gold Coast has posted an unintentionally lewd message on its roadsign sign, raising some eyebrows from passers-by.
June 9 - Astronauts from the International Space Station have given Pope Francis his own blue jumpsuit but to distinguish him from ordinary planetary pilgrims like themselves, they added a white cape.
June 5 - When a team of American special forces hunting Islamic State fighters in Niger was ambushed and four of its soldiers killed, the attack last October was described as “a total tactical surprise” by the commander of US Africa Command.
June 10 - IN SEPTEMBER 2014, a 22-year-old man named Yassin left his home in France to join ISIS.
June 5 - A 420-year-old church in Italy\’s north narrowly avoided being crushed by a rock fall which shrouded the town in a thick dust cloud.
June 6 - A Protestant pastor has been killed by a crocodile during a baptism ceremony in an Ethiopian lake, the BBC has reported.
June 7 - An Australian teenager jailed in Lebanon on accusations he was trying to join Islamic State (IS) has allegedly confessed he was encouraged to become a foreign fighter by the head of a Sydney-based charity which has been under a cloud of suspicion by Lebanese and Australian authorities.
June 10 - A photographer has accused former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce of threatening to punch him during an ugly verbal confrontation outside a Catholic church in Armidale.
June 7 - Christians fear the organisers of Dark Mofo are inviting dark forces to Hobart by displaying inverted crosses around the city.
June 9 - The young men and women blowing clouds of grape and mint-flavoured smoke at a Middle Eastern shisha cafe in Sydney could pass for any group of friends.
June 10 – (Opinion: Angela Shanahan) The practical influence of religion on individual behaviour affecting the social compact and the economy is rarely discussed.