Posted on 11/26/2020 8:10:26 AM PST by House Atreides
While confusion has arisen in recent days in the media over "the moral permissibility" of using the COVID-19 vaccines just announced by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna, it is not "immoral to be vaccinated with them," the chairmen of the U.S. bishops' doctrine and pro-life committees said Nov. 23.
Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Doctrine, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, addressed the issue in a memo to their brother bishops.
A copy of the memo was obtained by Catholic News Service Nov. 24.
"Neither the Pfizer nor the Moderna vaccine involved the use of cell lines that originated in fetal tissue taken from the body of an aborted baby at any level of design, development or production," the two prelates said. "They are not completely free from any connection to abortion, however, as both Pfizer and Moderna made use of a tainted cell line for one of the confirmatory lab tests of their products.
"There is thus a connection, but it is relatively remote," they continued. "Some are asserting that if a vaccine is connected in any way with tainted cell lines, then it is immoral to be vaccinated with them. This is an inaccurate portrayal of Catholic moral teaching."
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I think we will wait a while to see if there are any long term effects from Mrna vaccines. Perhaps a year.
We will get one of those two.
I stopped listening to anything the USCCB had to say when supported Bush’s “new America” and illegals.
Bishop Kevin Rhoades is not one of the good guys...he is one of the great guys.
We share some wonderful ecumenical history from his days in Harrisburg.
If you plan to buy groceries or travel you better get your vaccination card up to date. No vaccination, no vacation. Me, over 70 and auto-immune issues due to meds I take.
Under what Constitutional authority?
My family will take the vaccinations as well, at the first opportunity.
Plenty of countries have had vaccination requirements for years—this is just one more to add to the list.
“Constitution? They don’t need no steenkin’ constitution!” Reference things like the sheriff in NYC being ordered to stop folks to see if they’re “violating” quarantine mandates.
Moderna’s chief medical officer says that vaccine trial results only show that they prevent people from getting sick — not necessarily that recipients won’t still be able to transmit the virus
https://www.yahoo.com/news/modernas-chief-medical-officer-says-064550238.html
Fauci: Early COVID-19 vaccines will only prevent symptoms, not block the virus
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/fauci-vaccines-will-only-prevent-symptoms-not-block-the-virus-195051568.html
Although the USCCB is far from a definitive source on Catholic doctrine, I tend to agree with them on this issue.
I will stay alert for conflicting opinions.
Yep. Big gubmint solves everything.
“...Fauci: Early COVID-19 vaccines will only prevent symptoms, not block the virus...”
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If by “not block the virus” Fauci (not my favorite source of Agenda-free, non-slanted information) means it will kill the virus, then he is correct.
Not sure what your comment means—are you saying you don’t believe in vaccinations?
Thanks. Still, I’ve warned my cytokines they better behave or else.
Not sure what your comment means--are you saying the government should force vaccinations for a disease that has a survival rate of over 99%?
How did you go from my comment that my family and I choose to take the vaccine, to me saying that the government should mandate it? I do not believe the government should mandate vaccinations. You really need to work on your reading comprehension, and maybe lay off the sauce.
Oh my goodness!
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