Posted on 01/07/2022 7:33:01 PM PST by marshmallow
The head of a commission representing the European Union’s Catholic bishops has called for Covid passports to be required for anyone wishing to access religious services in Europe, in the latest move towards a general Church endorsement of tighter controls.
“During this phase when the pandemic is resurgent, we must save lives, and this green pass should welcome people to Mass,” said Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, president of the Brussels-based Comece. “Since Christmas, a law has been in force in Luxembourg allowing only those vaccinated to participate in liturgies, except in the case of celebrations with fewer than 20 faithful. Some priests have objected, and this isn't helping the search for a solution”.
The 63-year-old cardinal was commenting on calls for proof of full vaccination to be made a requirement for access to church services in Italy, as a means of combating the current Omicron variant of Covid-19. He told the country’s La Nazione daily his own Luxembourg archdiocese had “adhered in a convinced manner” to government restrictions, adding that priests who opposed strict health and safety measures, notably from Poland, had caused “hurt and disorientation”.
Despite objections by some human rights groups, proof of vaccination is currently required for entry to churches in Switzerland and Croatia, as well as in the Netherlands, where religious services after 5 pm were banned in early December in line with a new government-imposed lockdown, and congregation sizes later restricted to 50 by the bishops’ conference.
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Where is hysterical fear of preserving passing earthly life in the Gospel? Jesus constantly tells us to look up to Heaven. Colossians 3:1-4 No longer look to this world but look up. Hebrews, here we have no lasting city.
The Church has completely lost its faith and its misssion.
The Archbishop of Miami just announced all sorts of restrictions for Catholic Churches and schools (including vaccination, limited attendance, mandatory wearing of masks at mass and for all children over 2, etc.).
He’s 100% behind vaccine mandates and excluding the unvaccinated…and this is in the Free State of Florida, where he isn’t even being forced to do these things.
I hate Nu-Church, which is nothing but an arm of the state. God no longer exists; it’s all Caesar, all the time.
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