Cardinal Parolin Extends Vatican’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

The National Catholic Register ^ | 5/6/22 | Ed Pentin

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The restrictions were extended to the end of May, according to a decree from the Vatican’s secretary of state.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Pietro Parolin has extended the Vatican's COVID-19 restrictions through the end of May, despite the governments of Italy and other European countries lifting most or all measures to contain spread of the virus.

In a decree issued May 6, the Vatican secretary of state said the measures would be prolonged as the “current pandemic situation calls for specific extraordinary and exceptional measures to counter it and to ensure the safe conduct of activities, including by way of derogation from existing legislation.”

The decree follows an April 20 decree in which the cardinal had ruled that the restrictions, which apply to staff, consultants and visitors, would remain in place until the end of April.

News of Cardinal Parolin’s decree comes just a week after the EU declared an end to the coronavirus emergency. It also follows a steady lifting of COVID-19 restrictions worldwide and the elimination of all measures in some countries.

In spite of no deaths from COVID-19 on Vatican territory being recorded since the emergency was declared in Italy in March 2020, the Vatican implemented some of the strictest anti-COVID-19 rules in the world at the end of last year.

Since Dec. 23, all staff, external collaborators and visitors have had to show a “Super Green Pass” to enter Vatican territory, meaning they must either be vaccinated (with a booster shot) or have recently recovered from COVID-19. Negative tests are not permitted.

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“Negative tests are not permitted.”

They don’t believe in Psalm 91:5-7?

“You shall not fear … the midday plague. Though a thousand fall at your side and ten thousand at your right, near you it shall not come.”