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In reply to the discussion: Catholics Should Avoid Johnson & Johnson Vaccine If Others Available, Official U.S. Group Says [View all]Yavin4
(35,437 posts)16. That's not what the Pope says
Last edited Wed Mar 3, 2021, 12:20 PM - Edit history (2)
The Vatican says that it's "morally acceptable" to receive a vaccination for COVID-19, even if the vaccine's research or production involved using cell lines derived from aborted fetuses, given the "grave danger" of the pandemic.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office charged with promoting and defending church morals and traditions, said in a document released Monday that "when ethically irreproachable Covid-19 vaccines are not available ... it is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process."
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office charged with promoting and defending church morals and traditions, said in a document released Monday that "when ethically irreproachable Covid-19 vaccines are not available ... it is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process."
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/12/21/948806643/vatican-oks-receiving-covid-19-vaccines-even-if-research-involved-fetal-tissue
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Catholics Should Avoid Johnson & Johnson Vaccine If Others Available, Official U.S. Group Says [View all]
BlueWavePsych
Mar 2021
OP
and they followed that up demanding that people accept the earth is the center of the universe
JohnSJ
Mar 2021
#2
how do they know that God didn't plan this all along. Perhaps those babies were angels sent to do a
demigoddess
Mar 2021
#12
at that point id leave that church and never step into a catholic church again.
AllaN01Bear
Mar 2021
#17
The Transubstantiation guys are now paying attention to physical biology
bucolic_frolic
Mar 2021
#21
Joe Biden is very much in tune with the beliefs & behavior of the average American Catholic....
Hekate
Mar 2021
#30
But this is the official God, right? I mean, what are you gonna do? Disobey him?
Midnight Writer
Mar 2021
#35