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Still shackled: 1000 campaigners joined a Drop the Debt “ten years on” event in Centenary Square in Birmingham, last weekend, calling on world leaders to drop $400 billion of poor countries’ debt. © not advert
Still shackled: 1000 campaigners joined a Drop the Debt “ten years on” event in Centenary Square in Birmingham, last weekend, calling on world leaders to drop $400 billion of poor countries’ debt. JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN

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Riding high: members of the Churches of England, Scotland, and Ireland retained the Cranmer Cup, a biennial golf tournament against the United States, in Sligo in Ireland © not advert
Riding high: members of the Churches of England, Scotland, and Ireland retained the Cranmer Cup, a biennial golf tournament against the United States, in Sligo in Ireland


Offensive? The Revd Tim Jones, Priest-in-Charge of St Hilda’s and St Lawrence’s, York, removed Playboy merchandise from the shelves at a Stationery Box store in York, on Monday. He is petitioning for the removal of Playboy products, calling the company’s strategy “institutional grooming” of young children. © not advert
Offensive? The Revd Tim Jones, Priest-in-Charge of St Hilda’s and St Lawrence’s, York, removed Playboy merchandise from the shelves at a Stationery Box store in York, on Monday. He is petitioning for the removal of Playboy products, calling the company’s strategy “institutional grooming” of young children. Playboy says the range is aimed at adults

Christian registrar faces tribunal
LILLIAN LADELE, a Christian civil registrar at Islington Council who refused to officiate at same-sex ceremonies, told an employment tribunal she could not conduct the partnerships “as a matter of religious conscience”. She has accused Islington Council of religious discrimination in the case, which is expected to lead to a landmark ruling. The case continues.

UK black-church pioneer dies
THE Revd Io Smith, a pioneer of the black-church movement in the UK and minister in the New Testament Assembly, has died in Jamaica aged 70. Pastor Smith came to Britain in 1957 and soon became a stalwart of the Pentecostal Church. She was general secretary of the New Testament Assembly for 25 years, and was a prominent figure in the ecumenical movement. She was awarded an MBE for her contribution to the community in Tower Hamlets.

Bishop Robinson to speak at film launch
THE Bishop of New Hampshire, the Rt Revd Gene Robinson, will chat to Sir Ian McKellen at the British première of For the Bible Tells Me So, a documentary described as a celebration of gay Christians, on 14 July, at the South Bank in London.

Christian charity found ‘discriminatory’
AN EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL in North Wales has ruled in favour of Mark Sheridan, a former employee of the Prospects Christian charity, after he left the firm when it introduced a “Christians only” employment policy. Mr Sheridan filed for constructive dismissal, claiming that the policy affected his mental and physical health.

Archbishop praises Welsh Assembly Minister
THE Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, has praised the Welsh Assembly Minister for Health and Social Services, Edwina Hart, for taking a moral lead and allowing free healthcare for failed asylum-seekers.

UK’s first ‘Green’ Bible
THE PUBLISHER HarperCollins is to publish what it says is the UK’s first Green Bible in the autumn. The Bible will be printed on environmentally sustainable paper approved by the Forestry Stewardship Council.

Corrections: a reader informs us that the Christian Aid photograph (News, 16 May) captioned “St John’s Harbour, Antigua” is in fact English Harbour and Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua. The Most Revd Philip Wilson is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide. Our apologies.



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