175: The Plight of the Persecuted Christian ft. Gia Chacon

The Catholic Feminist

Claire Swinarski

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Politics, Jesus, Catholic, Religion, Socialjustice, Christianity, Feminist, Women

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This spring, when many of us were unable to attend Mass, we felt the ache for normalcy and the sacraments. Personally, it reminded me that all around the world, millions of Christians are being persecuted for their faith--that the ability to safely attend mass is a privilege I have that so many others don't. Today's guest is Gia Chacon, founder of For The Martyrs. Gia's passion for speaking up for persecuted Christians is truly inspiring and I learned SO much from her about things going on in Iran, Nigeria, and other places around the globe. I hope our episode reminds you of the gift of a persecution-free faith and emboldens you to continue speaking up for your own religious rights.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Catholic feminist episode 175.
0:04.3	Today we're talking all about Christian persecution
0:07.4	here and abroad.
0:08.4	Today's episode is brought to you by Hallo, the Catholic meditation app. Head to Hallo.com slash Catholic
0:15.2	Feminist for your free 30-day trial. Today's episode is also brought to you by
0:20.3	Ave Explores the Saints, a new podcast initiative from Ave Maria Press.
0:25.0	Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:27.0	Welcome to the Catholic Sevenist, a podcast for strong women who want to be informed, inspired,
0:35.3	and intentional.
0:36.3	I'm your host, Claire, and I'm so glad you're here. You guys I can't believe it's our penultimate episode aka second to last as I've mentioned on this show the only reason I know the word a penultimate is because of the series of unfortunate events If anyone else read those in middle school.
1:04.9	I'm really excited about today's episode,
1:06.9	but there is a note of bittersweetness to this for me
1:10.1	because it's our last episode with a guest next week our series finale is going to be a solo show with me and it's just hard to put into words how it feels to have done this and have this be my job for four years to be able to talk to women about the faith and then share those conversations with you has been so incredibly meaningful and joyful and just literally my dream job and it would not
1:38.5	have been possible without you listening and there are so many podcasts to choose from these days. I mean if you
1:44.6	want to listen to a podcast for Catholic women, your options are endless and so I'm just
1:49.3	really really grateful that you are taking a time to tune in today to hear me and Gia. So speaking of Gia, she is today's guest, our final Catholic feminist guest, and I think it's a really powerful topic to go out on. Gia is very passionate
2:05.8	about the plight of persecuted Christians and works to help people be more aware of
2:10.9	how many Christians are persecuted all over the world. I think here in the US,
2:16.1	it's kind of hard for us to sometimes imagine the idea of people, you know, facing real persecution about their faith.
2:24.0	But as you'll hear me and Gia talk today,
2:27.5	there are some things going on in the US
2:29.8	that make us kind of nervous when it comes to people looking down on the Christian faith.
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