Eric Sammons of CrisisMagazine.com gives on Twitter.com (April 10) a summary of the moral and practical considerations for Catholics regarding the COVID-19 vaccines (detailed video below):
“Many Catholic leaders, including many bishops and the pope himself, have stated or suggested that it’s a moral obligation to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in December declared that it is morally permissible to receive an abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccine, arguing that it is only remote cooperation with evil.
The 2005 Pontifical Academy for Life instruction, however, strongly emphasized that Catholics should do all they can to resist the creation of abortion-tainted vaccines, including conscientious objection to taking them.
Further, a small minority of Catholics, including Bishop Athanasius Schneider, have argued that taking the vaccine is *not* morally permissible.
On the practical side, the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental drugs, and so it’s …More