Posted on 08/19/2021 7:12:17 PM PDT by ebb tide
August 19, 2021
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Earlier this week, Pope Francis issued a video in which he appealed for people to get inoculated against COVID-19. He said, “Vaccination is a simple but profound way of promoting the common good and caring for each other, especially the most vulnerable.” The Church has made it clear that it is morally permissible to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
However, I am very much aware that some individuals struggle with poor health, underlying medical issues, or sincere moral objections to vaccines. It is important to remember that in Catholic moral theology, a person’s conscience may not be violated. We who are bishops and priests are called to assist with informing a person’s conscience. We do not replace one’s conscience. If a person has health concerns or moral objections about vaccines, he or she should not be forced into being vaccinated. Moreover, priests should not be involved in signing any document concerning the conscience of another.
As you have heard by now, Governor Jay Inslee has announced a statewide indoor mask mandate for individuals without regard to his or her vaccination status. The mandate becomes effective on Monday, August 23 and applies to indoor activities including parish events such as the celebration of Mass.
The governor also announced mandatory vaccination for all employees working in K-12 schools and higher education. This includes private and religious schools. While we encourage vaccination, we do not intend on violating the consciences of our Catholic school teachers nor do we intend on vouching for another person’s conscience. We are in conversation with civic and health officials about government mandated vaccination requirements and will offer further guidance to parish and school personnel in due time.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
Live, Jesus, in our hearts forever.
In Christ,
Bishop Daly
"Isn't that precious"...Church Lady.
I take the vouching is in regard to taking or not taking the vaccine. I don’t think you have to get a priest signoff to obtain a religious exemption.
Ping
What good are these worthless bishops for if they can’t even “vouch” for their sheep’s religious belief in the sanctity of life?
This is like saying, “I can’t vouch for the teachings of the Catholic Church”.
I think this Bishop is striking the right tone.
Any Catholic with an ounce of sense and Biblical understanding long ago stopped listening to this fool. Those who heed him are themselves fools or, are complicit in the willful destruction of the Traditional Teachings of The Church. Unfortunately, it seems the fools outnumber the Christians in todays church.
One of the good ones.
Much more a good shepherd of the flock than his predecessor Cupich.
>> priests should not be involved in signing any document concerning the conscience of another.
Spit
The Church is under the influence of Satan as far as I’m concerned, and I’m seriously considering a permanent departure.
"Get the vaccine; but if you have moral concerns we won't force you to, but we also won't issue you a religous exemption for your moral concerns."
For as long as I can remember, I had a problem understanding or visualizing just HOW the “fullness of the gentiles” could ever be reached, considering the perpetual cycle of new life replacing those who have died.
NOW I SEE.
NOW I Understand.
What I don’t understand is why nobody sees what is really going on here, and how it validates the bible as authentic.
This generation has been given FAR FAR more warning signs than those who perished in Noah’s flood.
Not anymore!
You will be denied the Lord’s Sacrament, until you accept Satan’s sacrament.
Understand. Thanks.
He is not going to vouch for your conscience whatever your decision regarding taking the vaccine. He is saying YOUR conscience has to guide you. That is probably the best he can do for people who reject the vaccine given the Pope’s statement
I see nothing wrong with any of this.
It's not about vouching for anyone's conscience; it's about vouching for one's adherence to the Catholic faith and it's teachings, including the sin of cooperation with evil, whether direct or remote.
Jeffery Dahmer's conscience was not the same as that of Saint Damien of Molokai. No one can vouch for another's conscience. But a Catholic bishop should have the guts to vouch for one his own sheep in his adherence to faith and morals as taught by the Catholic Church.
These worthless bishops, who refuse to issue religious exemptions to faithful Catholics, are rejecting the very religion they profess.
They'll gladly give you a dispensation from the Sunday obligation, but they'll refuse to give you a religious exemption from the deathvax. They are slaves to the Scamdemic, not servants of God.
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