by Antonio Graceffo
Earlier this year, Catholic Online School, the world’s largest online K-12 education program, was deplatformed by Shopify for its pro-life stance.
The move cost the organization millions in revenue, severely hampering its ability to provide education to 1.4 million students across 193 countries.
At its core, this incident is about more than the deplatforming of a single organization—it sheds light on the challenges faced by religious and conservative entities navigating a digital and legal landscape that hates Christians and traditional values.
It raises critical questions about corporate policies, freedom of religion, and the ability to foster faith and free speech. Moreover, it highlights the lack of support the Biden administration has shown for religious institutions.
From mocking a Christian attendee shouting “Jesus is Lord” during an abortion speech—an incident where Kamala Harris coldly responded, “You’re at the wrong rally”—to President Biden celebrating Easter Sunday as “Transgender Day of Visibility,” the Biden administration’s actions have shown a clear disregard for Christians and their beliefs.
While Biden claims to be Catholic, his staunchly pro-abortion stance and policies contradict core Church teachings.
President Biden has done little to protect Christians abroad. He removed Nigeria from the Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) list, despite over 62,000 Christians being murdered there since 2000.
This decision drew sharp criticism from The National Catholic Register and other Christian media outlets.
The Congressional Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs recently addressed these failures during a hearing titled “Faith Under Fire: An Examination of Global Religious Persecution.”
Members called on the Biden administration to prioritize protecting religious freedoms worldwide and emphasized how its foreign policy missteps have emboldened hostile groups to intensify their persecution of religious minorities.
On the domestic front, FBI hate crime statistics from 2022 show that bias attacks against Christians surpass those against Muslims, yet these incidents rarely receive presidential acknowledgment or action.
Meanwhile, as crimes against Christians are downplayed, the administration has actively targeted Christian institutions and individuals.
Nearly 70 percent of the Department of Education’s enforcement actions under Biden have focused on Christian and charter schools, even though these schools represent less than 10 percent of the student population. …full story