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GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO UKRAINIAN REFUGEES ‘COMPLETELY INADEQUATE’ The government’s response to Ukrainian refugees has been criticised as ‘completely inadequate’ by leading British theologian Dr Anna Rowlands, who said it was still broadly configured towards a ‘policy of deterrence’ rather than ‘a fulsome enacting of the principles of international law’… She said the treatment of Ukrainians fleeing conflict was ‘still within the kind of mindset of the “hostile environment” policy’ aimed at deterring immigrants from seeking out the UK as a desirable place to go… Rowlands, who is a Refugee Hosts’ co-investigator and has worked with the Jesuit Refugee Service in the UK, said she was also worried that there was a transfer on to civil society of some of the responsibilities of the state. ‘I think it is hugely generous and warm-hearted of the British population, as in Ireland and elsewhere, to open their homes [to Ukrainians]. But an opening homes policy alone is not a just upholding of international law principles around refugee hosting and provision.’ The Tablet
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ANNUAL FIGURES REVEAL EFFECT OF LOCKDOWN ON CATHEDRALS The effect of the [Covid-19] pandemic on cathedrals in England has been revealed as annual figures showed a 64 per cent drop for in-person worshippers in 2020, when the country spent months in lockdown and cathedrals and churches were closed. Most cathedrals adapted quickly to move services online and, although emergency government funding helped cathedrals to survive their catastrophic loss in income, it is still today a ‘challenging environment’ for most, the Dean of Leicester, the Very Rev David Monteith, warned, particularly as cathedrals now face huge rises in energy bills… ‘Cathedrals and churches are here to support their communities… and [are] focal points for prayer and reflection and action in light of world events, including the war in Ukraine…’ Church Times
CHURCH JUDGE TO RULE ON PLAQUE CELEBRATING DORSET SLAVER JOHN GORDON A memorial in a Dorset church praising a plantation owner for suppressing a slave rebellion is the next ‘contested heritage’ case to be dealt with by an ecclesiastical judge. The chancellor of the diocese of Salisbury is to rule on whether to remove a large marble plaque to John Gordon, which heralds him for quashing an uprising in Jamaica… The plaque, at St Peter’s Church, Dorchester, documents Gordon’s role in brutally stopping an uprising known as Tacky’s War, or Tacky’s Rebellion, in 1760 in Jamaica, then a British colony… In 2020 the parochial church council voted to cover the text while applying for the removal of the memorial. They rejected an option to let it remain permanently with the text covered… If removed, it could go to Dorset Museum which said it was ‘in discussions about storing it on a loan basis’. The Times
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A bill addressing suicide as a result of detrimental gambling habits has been passed through the House of Lords. The bill was inspired by Jackie Smith, a young man who lost his life to gambling habits. [The Right] Rev Alan Smith stated that information and treatment of problem gambling had been ‘woefully inadequate’… Public Health England has stated that the number of gambling-related suicides reaches around 409 people a year… The parliamentary undersecretary of state, Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, said: ‘The NHS longterm plan commits to expanding the geographical coverage of NHS services for people with serious gambling problems.’ Premier
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