You will be able to produce more throughout the entire week, rather than taking valuable time to rev up at the beginning and wind down at the end.

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Rev Perham said the intervening time would give the church "the chance to reflect, to take counsel with our friends, perhaps to engage outside this chamber with those with whom we disagree".

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The pope's deputy at the time, the Rev.

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