Supreme Chaplain’s Column: The Divine Cancel Culture

By Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori
Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori

By his death and resurrection, Christ has purchased our redemption and freed us from our sins.

IN RECENT YEARS, “cancel culture” has gained a lot of traction. Celebrities, corporations and others deemed culturally offensive are called out, shamed and shunned. Perhaps the most common venue for cancel culture is social media, but its effects are not merely virtual; they are very real. Many victims of cancel culture lose their reputations and their jobs. Corporations in the crosshairs of cancel culture can find themselves bankrupt, and academics who dare to disagree can lose tenure. Social media giants cancel accounts and publications considered out of line.

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