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COMMENTARY: The communist nation’s prohibition of the Hallow app reveals its weakness.
“Hallow,” the prayer app that made its debut in 2018, is one of the most popular spiritual tools on the planet, having been downloaded some 14 million times in more than 150 countries, according to founder Alex Jones.
So I was delighted when Hallow approached me several months ago, seeking to use material from Witness to Hope, the first volume of my biography of Pope St. John Paul II, in a series of meditations and prayers that would be launched this summer. I prepared a phonetic pronunciation guide for Jim Caviezel, who would read texts from the book, and I was pleased that the meditations would be led by my friend Msgr. James Shea, president of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. Everything seemed in order.
Then, in mid-July, shortly after the John Paul II/Witness to Hope series went live, Jones was abruptly informed that the Hallow app had been removed from the Apple App Store in China because the communist government, through its Cyberspace Administration, had determined that the series included “illegal” content. Hallow was canceled in China.
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“Hallow,” the prayer app that made its debut in 2018, is one of the most popular spiritual tools on the planet, having been downloaded some 14 million times in more than 150 countries, according to founder Alex Jones.
So I was delighted when Hallow approached me several months ago, seeking to use material from Witness to Hope, the first volume of my biography of Pope St. John Paul II, in a series of meditations and prayers that would be launched this summer. I prepared a phonetic pronunciation guide for Jim Caviezel, who would read texts from the book, and I was pleased that the meditations would be led by my friend Msgr. James Shea, president of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. Everything seemed in order.
Then, in mid-July, shortly after the John Paul II/Witness to Hope series went live, Jones was abruptly informed that the Hallow app had been removed from the Apple App Store in China because the communist government, through its Cyberspace Administration, had determined that the series included “illegal” content. Hallow was canceled in China.
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Canceled in China
COMMENTARY: The communist nation’s prohibition of the Hallow app reveals its weakness.
