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Looking for a spouse: it's ok to date, just don't date everyone in your church
It's never right to go around and date everybody in the church.

Bogeyman Gatlin booed as Bolt's saintliness shines
In this rarest of defeats, we may have seen the real greatness of Bolt revealed in a way we had never witnessed before.

Syrian army takes last IS-held town in Homs
Syrian government and allied forces have taken the last major town in Homs province from Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday, as the army advances towards militant strongholds in the east of the country.

Senior Italian Cardinal Tettamanzi dies at 83
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, once seen as a possible contender to become pope, died on Saturday at the age of 83, the Milan diocese said on its website.

South American trading bloc joins Vatican in condemning Venezuelan regime
South American trade bloc Mercosur indefinitely suspended Venezuela, adding to international pressure on Maduro to dismantle the newly created assembly and restore democracy. The assembly passed a resolution "emphatically rejecting" Mercosur's action.

Vatican intervenes in Venezuela crisis - calls for government to 'respect human rights'
The Vatican called on Friday for Venezuela's government to suspend its new legislative superbody and made a direct appeal to the security forces to avoid excessive force in dealing with opposition protests.

One of the greats - Usain Bolt prepares for his final 100m race in London
The Jamaican will need to start better than in Friday's heats but remains hot favourite to triumph at London Stadium in his final individual race.

Thaw in relations? Chinese State newspaper says 'Pope loves China'
Pope Francis "loves China" and the Vatican hopes China has a great future, a Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday cited a visiting Vatican official as saying, in an expression of goodwill despite strained relations between the two.

DR Congo: Child soldiers, militias, blamed for atrocities including attack on church
A new U.N. report looks into the tragic situation in DR Congo...

Jill Duggar's husband Derick Dillard accused of bullying transgender reality star Jazz Jennings after tweeting gender is 'ordained by God'
Jill Duggar's husband was on the receiving end of strong criticism this week after he shared his Christian view on transgenderism.

New Wine: Women speakers, diversity and the Holy Spirit
'We're not quite at full gender parity yet but 45 per cent is a big step forward from where we've been before,' Paul Harcourt tells Christian Today.

Hope: 4 key passages from the New Testament to give us courage in dark times
Hope acknowledges just how bad the world can be, and even so chooses to believe that things can, and will, be better.

'We have a crisis': Are internships a way of solving the Church's young adult problem?
'There is a dearth of young adults who are following Jesus.'

Why do US evangelicals think poor people are lazy â and what does the Bible really say?
A new report in the Washington Post says the majority of evangelicals think that poverty is down to a lack of effort on behalf of an individual.

Anglican priests sacked for being gay must be reinstated, Kenya court rules
Three Anglican clergy sacked for allegedly being gay must be reinstated, a court in Kenya has ruled, after the Church failed to produce any evidence they were homosexuals.

3 reasons to believe God's promises for you
Some believers find it hard to believe these would come true. Maybe because some of them hoped it would come at a certain time, or perhaps it simply didn't manifest the way they expected.