Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington is discouraging area Catholics from taking the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
A statement issued March 1 says the diocese s position is informed by guidance from the The Vatican, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and The National Catholic Bioethics Center. The entities contend there are moral and ethical issues based on the use of decades-old fetal tissue in the development of the vaccine. It is under the same guidance that the Diocese must instruct Catholics that the latest vaccine from Janssen/Johnson & Johnson is morally compromised as it uses the abortion-derived cell line in development and production of the vaccine as well as the testing.
By Ashley Paul and Spectrum News Staff Florida PUBLISHED 6:40 PM ET Mar. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:40 PM EST Mar. 04, 2021
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The FDA may now support the emergency use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, but some leaders of the Catholic Church aren’t quite sure.
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