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  The narrow way: How phone control has become an essential spiritual discipline

  Dave Luck | Wed 3 Oct 2018 10:18 BST

  In many ways our whole lives are on our phones these days. We don't just make calls and send texts, we organise life on our phone.

• Chile's Catholic Church criticised over guidelines regarding sexual abuse

  Reuters | Wed 3 Oct 2018 9:49 BST

  Chile's Roman Catholic Church apologised for a manual published on the website of Santiago's archbishop instructing priests and other Church workers not to 'touch the genitals of' or 'sleep with' children.

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  Civil partnerships to be extended to heterosexual couples

  Christian Today staff writer | Tue 2 Oct 2018 12:33 BST

  Opposite-sex couples are to be allowed to enter into civil partnerships, according to Prime Minister Theresa May.

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  CofE starts 'Big Conversation' about clergy care

  Christian Today staff writer | Tue 2 Oct 2018 12:06 BST

  The Church of England has begun a 'Big Conversation' on ways to improve its approach to the care of its clergy.

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  Turkish president claims Andrew Brunson has 'dark links with terror', vows to resist US pressure for release

  Reuters | Tue 2 Oct 2018 10:05 BST

  The case of evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson has plunged ties between Ankara and Washington into crisis.

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  Why supporters of marriage should welcome plans for no-fault divorce

  Harry Benson | Tue 2 Oct 2018 9:46 BST

  The proposal to remove fault-based divorce meets with near universal approval from the legal profession, and also from us at Marriage Foundation.

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  Indonesian leader says all quake victims must be found as toll rises above 1,200

  Reuters | Tue 2 Oct 2018 9:22 BST

  Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered more rescuers to be sent in to find victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday.

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  We believe in miracles, Brits say

  Christian Today staff writer | Mon 1 Oct 2018 14:11 BST

  Most UK adults believe in miracles, according to a survey for the BBC – though they are not as convinced of the reality of Jesus' miracles.

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  Archbishop of York announces retirement

  Christian Today staff writer | Mon 1 Oct 2018 11:52 BST

  The Archbishop of York has announced that he is to retire on June 7, 2020, just short of his 71st birthday.

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  The work of the people: What the Ryder Cup is teaching me about leading a church

  Jude Smith | Mon 1 Oct 2018 11:20 BST

  Sheer Europhilism aside, I have been struck by the way the last three days of golf have stirred my soul.

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  Church leaders need to move over: it's time to pass the baton to the young

  Steve Morris | Mon 1 Oct 2018 10:59 BST

  The more I think about it, the more I want people like my daughter in Christian leadership – and I think that they could do it now.

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  Once an outcast, Patriarch Filaret is ready to lead Ukraine Church split from Russia

  Reuters | Mon 1 Oct 2018 10:17 BST

  Patriarch Filaret was defrocked and excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox church, and accused by his opponents of being a KGB agent, having a secret family and embezzling money.