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  Why the proposed African Family Values Charter is dividing the continent

  A proposed African charter aimed at promoting family values, national sovereignty and cultural identity is drawing support from lawmakers and religious leaders across the continent while sparking opposition from human rights groups and some governments who say it could undermine existing protections for women and minority groups.

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  Australian churches show gains in child safeguarding policies, survey finds

  The majority of Australian churches have developed formal policies for protecting children and vulnerable people, according to findings published in April from the National Church Life Survey, though a wide gap remains between what church leaders know and what ordinary congregants understand about reporting abuse.

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  New study links marriage to lower rates of family breakdown

  A new study has challenged decades of academic and policy assumptions about the role of marriage in family stability, arguing that its benefits have been significantly underestimated.

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  Ban on late abortions rejected in South Australia

  The South Australian Parliament has decisively rejected a controversial bill that aimed to ban most late-term abortions in the state. Abortion is legal in South Australia for up to 22 weeks and six days. A late-term abortion, however, is allowed if two doctors agree the mother’s health is in danger or the child has severe fetal abnormalities.

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  UK social media ban is ‘not a silver bullet,’ says Evangelical Alliance

  The UK Evangelical Alliance says social media causes “real harm” to young people, but a government ban is no “silver bullet” for protecting them.

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  ‘Happy Father's Day in Heaven, Dad’: Nick Vujicic remembers father in moving tribute

  Nick Vujicic reflects on the death of his father, Boris Vujicic, in a newly released clip from the upcoming documentary “No Limbs, No Limits: The NickV Story,” and shares how one of the most painful losses of his life deepened his understanding of grief and faith ahead of Father's Day.

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  The Send Philippines draws 13,000 to dual-venue gathering aimed at long-term youth mobilization

  More than 13,000 young people gathered across two Manila-area venues on Philippine Independence Day on June 12 for The Send Philippines, a Christian youth mobilization event that organizers describe as the beginning of a sustained, multi-church initiative rather than a one-time gathering.

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