Episcopalians protest against anti-Semitism
A LETTER of solidarity signed by Anglican leaders has been
written to the Chief Rabbi of France, Haïm Korsia. The Suffragan
Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, the Rt
Revd Pierre Whalon, and the Dean of the American Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity, Paris, the Very Revd Lucinda Laird, wrote after the
cathedral wall was defaced with anti-Jewish graffiti. "It is
intolerable that anti-Semitism is rising again in our countries,"
the letter said.
Ad is not sexually explicit, complainants told
AN ADVERTISEMENT featuring the model Cara Delevingne naked is
not sexually explicit, and does not need to be moved, the
Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said. The ASA had
received complaints that the poster, advertising Tom Ford perfume,
could be seen by children and should not be close to churches and
mosques; also that it was degrading, and objectified women. The ASA
ruled that it was "sensual and sexually suggestive" rather than
"sexually explicit".
Priest prays for a change of heart at Newcastle
United
A ROMAN Catholic priest has written a prayer calling for the
departure of the owner of Newcastle United, Mike Ashley. The
priest, the Revd Stephen Foster, prayed that, if Mr Ashley was not
prepared to change, God would "give him the insight to know it's
time to go. . . Give us someone who will not rename our stadium
from St James' Park, not change the colour of our strip. Not
rebrand us into something we are not."