Aid to the Church in Need UK says it's been de-platformed by Facebook in response to the charity's petition drive to stop the forced marriage and conversion of Christian women and girls. / ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 22, 2021 / 12:22 pm (CNA).A Catholic charity says it s been censored and de-platformed by Facebook without explanation in connection with the group s recent petition drive calling for greater efforts to stop the abduction and forced conversion and marriage of Christian women and girls in Islamic countries.London-based Aid to the Church in Need UK launched its campaign with a series of Facebook ads in early November. The organization s effort was held in conjunction with the release of its new report, titled "Hear Her Cries," which details the rampant and widely ignored abuse of women and girls who are Christians or members of other religious minority groups at the hands of Islamic extremists in Nigeria, Mozambique, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and
On life’s ‘off-ramp,’ Archbishop Chaput offers timely thoughts
This is the cover of the book “Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living” by retired Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia. (CNS photo/courtesy Henry Holt and Company)
By Laura Bramon Hassan • Catholic News Service • Posted April 9, 2021
“Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living” by Charles J. Chaput. Henry Holt & Company (New York, 2021). 272 pp, $25.99.
“Memento mori” is in vogue these days, from death doulas to funereal composting to hipster reconsiderations of the industrial death complex. For modern pagans, the well-branded body is a sensible starting point, boosting Instagram feeds curated to assure followers that death can be a fashionable and coolly macabre experience.