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Catholic Troops Can Refuse COVID Vaccine, Archbishop Declares
Defense One ^ | 10/12/2021 | Elizabeth Howe

Posted on 10/12/2021 6:11:25 PM PDT by Fury

Catholic U.S. troops should be allowed to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine based solely on conscientious objection and regardless of whether abortion-related tissue was used in its creation or testing, the archbishop for the military declared in a new statement supporting service members who are seeking religious exemptions.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid19; military
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This is a.. big deal.
1 posted on 10/12/2021 6:11:25 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury

“No one should be forced to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if it would violate the sanctity of his or her conscience,” said Archbishop for the Military Services Timothy P. Broglio, in a statement released Tuesday.”


2 posted on 10/12/2021 6:12:49 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury

Statement by the Archbishop on his change in position:

https://files.milarch.org/archbishop/abp-statement-on-covid19-vaccines-and-conscience-12oct2021.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1EfGFIe-ZsPlRQfjiOX8t7ms6q7ZnLHVknr6q2ByjIP2DYEMTCz0ZAIno


3 posted on 10/12/2021 6:14:21 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury

He should be the next pope.


4 posted on 10/12/2021 6:17:09 PM PDT by gcparent (God Bless America )
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To: Fury

Does anyone, besides we Catholics, pay any attention to what any Archbishop has to say? Is an Employer going to care?


5 posted on 10/12/2021 6:19:13 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

GIven that he is effectively the Archbishop for an employer, he does matter


6 posted on 10/12/2021 6:32:15 PM PDT by Hieronymus
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>>Is an Employer going to care?<<

Yep, several of us at work filed religious exemptions primarily because of the use of HEK-293. Human embryonic kidney cells from aborted fetal tissue.

Secondly, because the so called vaccine alters your DNA by use of mRNA. We rejected the changing of our DNA as God had intended.

Our exemptions were granted. We now have to test each week.


7 posted on 10/12/2021 6:36:14 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: servantboy777

That’s good news.
To paraphrase Janet Napolitano: “Sometimes, the system works!


8 posted on 10/12/2021 6:44:10 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: gcparent

“ He should be the next pope.”

WRONG! He should replace the current Pope.


9 posted on 10/12/2021 6:44:27 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Fury

Thank you Archbishop Broglio! “Sanctity of conscience”…that’s the exemption argument I’ve been looking for. Finally, a voice of reason from a religious leader AND a letter to use!


10 posted on 10/12/2021 7:20:26 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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“We now have to test each week.”

Why don’t the vaccinated have to be tested? They can catch it and pass it on.


11 posted on 10/12/2021 7:35:34 PM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Wow..gonna be a lot of conversians to Catholicism...

Heck..just say I’m Catholic...how they gonna prove you’re not???

Bahaha


12 posted on 10/12/2021 8:21:58 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Here, this should help.



13 posted on 10/12/2021 8:26:28 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Fury

Yes it is a big deal.

Now it is Dementia Joe vs the Catholic Church.


14 posted on 10/12/2021 8:33:45 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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It’s also Pope Francis vs. the Catholic Church, as Bergoglio is firing his own military (Swiss Guards) for not vaxxing.


15 posted on 10/12/2021 10:18:01 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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If this isn’t the “Mark” I don’t know what is.

It is worldwide.

Such a shame.


16 posted on 10/12/2021 10:24:17 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: lee martell

You’re Catholic? It’s a huge deal...it us an open act of resistance to immoral government acts. Maybe the problem isn’t with the Archbishop...maybe the problem us looking you in the mirror friend.


17 posted on 10/12/2021 10:45:50 PM PDT by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: Wpin

My Confirmation name was from Saint Frederick.
My elementary school was Saint Cecilia.(green & gold!)


18 posted on 10/12/2021 10:49:11 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Jeff Chandler

Great


19 posted on 10/13/2021 3:48:34 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: servantboy777

If I may ask, is the testing snot or spit, and who pays for it?


20 posted on 10/13/2021 3:52:47 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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