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Why “Anti-Vaxxers” May Have the Best Shot at Heaven, by Rob Marco – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Rob Marco, Crisis Magazine, Aug. 28, 2025

Rob Marco is a married father of three. He holds a MA in Theology from Villanova University. Rob has appeared on EWTN’s “The Journey Home” and his writing has been featured at OnePeterFive, Catholic World Report, SpiritualDirection.com, and other Catholic publications. He is the author of Wisdom and Folly: Collected Essays on Faith, Life, and Everything in Between and Coached by Philip Neri: Lessons in Joy.

 

Virtue is a habit that begins with being faithful in small things.

For many Catholics, the Covid era was regarded as an illumination of sorts. Churches were shuttered, government slipped on an iron glove, and separations began to ensue. These could be seen as contractions, if you will, prior to the more serious birth pangs foretold in Matthew 24: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom…Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me” (Matthew 24:7, 9).

We also saw, in relation to the issue of Covid vaccination, a kind of secular division among friends, coworkers, and family. Some took the government and health authorities at their word. Others were more skeptical. “They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law” (Luke 12:53). …

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