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St Mary-at-the-Elms

Blank black bits and clouds of incense
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Christ the King Lutheran

Sober and straightforward – but anemic singing
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Church of the Assumption

A roller-coaster ride – plus chips and sparkling water
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Hillsong TV has chosen this moment to produce a $15 promotional Covid-19 face mask
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A long-lost manuscript discovered in the Library of Geneva sheds new light on gloomy reformer, John Calvin
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A new console game, ‘I am Jesus Christ’, is the perfect present to give your egotistical boss
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