![]() You should also take that opportunity to encourage your parishioners to get vaccinated as an act of charity for the common good and the most vulnerable. “Therefore, if you receive requests to sign off on ‘religious exemptions” for your parishioners, you are to politely decline to do so. Most recently, the Holy Father reiterated that getting vaccinated helps care especially for the most vulnerable and thus is an act of love. In fact, Pope Francis has consistently taught that getting vaccinated is an act of charity for the common good. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the USCCB have each conducted a moral analyses on these vaccines, with the consistent conclusion being that it is morally permissible to receive them. ![]() So, in the case of your Catholic parishioners, signing off on such a ‘religious exemption’ would indicate your support for the proposition that the Catholic Church teaches that receiving the vaccine is fundamentally immoral and impermissible. A ‘religious exemption’ differs from a ’conscientious exemption’ in that the former indicates that receiving the vaccine goes against the sincerely held beliefs of that person’s religion. “We have started receiving questions about whether priests can sign off on or support a ‘religious exemption’ request from parishioners who seek to be excused from an employer’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Exemptions sometimes are requested by employees whose employers are requiring the vaccination to continue employment. 23, Bishop Taylor instructed priests to decline to sign any religious exemption documents. Taylor said priests in Arkansas could not facilitate a “religious exemption” for employers’ COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Student Jack Herrington receives a COVID-19 vaccine dose on the campus of the University of Memphis in Tennessee July 22, 2021.īishop Anthony B.
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