A nurse in Richmond, Virginia, readies a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at the Richmond Raceway complex March 4, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Julia Rendleman)
A press release from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops rarely makes national news, but in the past two months our church leaders have managed to garner headlines not once, but twice. Unfortunately, in both instances, the notoriety came because the bishops comments were tone deaf and, frankly, ridiculous.
The first, of course, was the Inauguration Day statement from the bishops conference president, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, who apparently thought the first day of Joe Biden s presidency was the best time to outline disagreements over policy that Gomez believes would advance moral evils.
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Mar 09, 2021
On March 5th, the Ethics and Public Policy Center issued a statement by pro-life Catholic scholars to clarify the The Moral Acceptability of Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines. The strength of this statement lies in its clear presentation of the exact nature and extent of the (very remote) connection of the vaccines with abortion. The weakness is that the statement chooses not to address the moral obligation, if one chooses to be vaccinated, of making clear one’s opposition to the use of immorally-derived cell lines.
I want to emphasize that the EPPC statement does not contradict anything taught on this matter by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and, through that Congregation, authorized by the Pope. The purpose of the EPPC statement is to emphasize how very remote is the material cooperation with evil in the decision to accept one of these vaccines. For those who are troubled about
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Remnant Editor s Note: One of the signatories of this important document is a survivor of brutal medical experiments conducted in the Nazi concentration camp at Ravensbrück. We published her story back in 2019 in The Remnant Newspaper and online here at RemnantNewspaper.com. It goes without saying that we here at The Remnant are not only willing, but anxious to publish the following Press Release and Open Letter. -
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PRESS RELEASE
An international group of nearly 100 women doctors, consecrated religious and pro-life leaders have issued a bold appeal to Christians and all people of goodwill to cease morally justifying the use of abortion-tainted vaccines, saying that failure to stand up against them is fueling an expanding culture of death involving the trafficking and exploitation of aborted babies for medical experimentation.
U S Bishop Chairmen for Doctrine and for Pro-Life Address the Use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine catholiccitizens.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catholiccitizens.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.