By Jules Gomes, Church Militant, August 1, 2020
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WESTMINSTER, England (ChurchMilitant.com) – Bishops (of England and Wales) are telling Catholics they have “a prima facie duty to be vaccinated,” especially in the case of the coronavirus — even if the COVID-19 vaccine was developed using tissue derived from aborted fetuses.
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“We believe there is a moral obligation to guarantee the vaccination coverage necessary for the safety of others” and “out of solidarity with others,” the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) announced in a statement published Thursday.
Bishops Paul Mason (lead bishop for health care) and John Sherrington (lead bishop for life issues) — and co-authors of the document “The Catholic position on vaccination” — “acknowledge the distress many Catholics experience when faced with a choice of not vaccinating their child or seeming to be complicit in abortion.” ….