The Diocese of Orange confirms today that Bishop Kevin W. Vann has tested positive for COVID-19. Prior to receiving his test results, Bishop Vann began the quarantine process and will continue serving the Catholics of the Diocese of Orange remotely from his private home. His case is currently reported as mild, no fever has been reported and he remains in contact with his health care providers as needed. We anticipate a speedy recovery.
The Diocese asks that everyone keep Bishop Vann, our health care providers and those who have COVID-19 in your prayers. Pray for their speedy recovery, invoking the intercession of Servant of God Chiara Lubich, foundress of the Focolare movement, to whom Bishop has devotion.
Bishop Vann, as well as Bishop Thanh Thai Nguyen and Bishop Timothy Freyer, would also like to remind Catholics that they and other Bishops from the California Catholic Conference find the currently available vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna to be morally acceptable as publicly stated by the California Catholic Conference of Bishops along with Catholic health care systems and Catholic Charities.
Full story at Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange.
43 priests in Italy died of COVID in November alone. Over 50 priests have died in the UK of COVID. Hopefully most of our presbyterate will be spared until the vaccine is made available to them.
I will remember Bishop Vann in my prayers, and all the people of Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino . The region is going through a very difficult time of it, and it’s likely to get hellish very soon.
doesn’t sound worried. doesn’t appear serious. all these lockdown measures all over the state, ruining the economy and people’s lives for a mild flu? maybe he’ll realize after this personal experience with the “dangerous disease” that he should open up his churches again instead of cowering in fear that someone might get a wuttle sniffle.
Mild flus do not create situations in which patients are treated in hallways and parking lots, as we are now seeing in Southern California. More than one 9-11 volume of deaths every day. More than a hundred thousand in the hospital throughout the US and climbing.
The pastor at San Francisco Solano parish in Rancho Santa Margarita has also tested positive. The pastor and Bishop Vann celebrated mass together earlier this month when the pastor was officially installed. Everyone who has been to Mass there or who received Communion from the bishop or the pastor is at risk. Going to Communion is risky now. You don’t know if the virus can go from someone else’s hand to the priest to you. Or from the priest to you if the priest is infected. Or who sat in the chair before you? This happened even though people were wearing masks. So what good are the masks? This happened even though Mass was celebrated outside. So what good is outside? When will this end?
Masks are useless but a great way to test how quickly the population can be brought under control and kept under control. We are very obedient puppets who refuse to do enough research to show COVID is a con. People will always get sick and die from one thing or another. Wearing a mask and shutting down the economy will help nothing but get us to the eventual goal of the COVID con –the socialist plan to use a pandemic to bring about global control of everything and everyone. Agenda 21, anyone?
Anon, you are wrong on so many levels. The covid-19 virus is not a political issue. The virus will become less dangerous once about 70% of the population receives the vaccine, which the only real way to eradicate this killer. So far this killer has brought death to more people in the US than the deaths in WWII. And yes, one of the simple things that people can do to avoid spreading the virus is to wear a mask. That’s your way of showing that you care about other people. Most of the new cases of covid come from people who asymptomatic. They don’t know they have the virus but want to keep people out of the emergency departments where so many are dying; 315,00 so far and climbing. That’s more than people are going to die anyway. Isn’t it about time that people started behaving like true patriotic Americans instead of reactionary cultists?
Masks aren’t perfect but they help tremendously and may help minimize symptoms if you are exposed.
YFC, what about those in San Diego County?. While the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have approval, early distribution is to first responders, nursing home residents and staff, and the elderly.. My health care provider said mid spring for general availability.
Prayers and best wishes for Bishop Vann and others with Covid.
It is difficult to discern truth in these evil days that are filled with lies, fraud and propaganda in every level of society and in our formally trusted institutions. Satan currently has the upper hand, perhaps his time is short. When so many non-Covid deaths are counted in the numbers and false positives issued for the sake of frightening and controlling us, who really knows what is true. Most folks I know are not excited about this strange mRNA vaccine. We are praying for our bishop, priests and all religious. Lord, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Just watch… this “new strain” of Covid is going to be vaccine resistant. The whole pandemic is a ploy by the deep state and elites to gain control over the populace, lock them in their homes, and ultimately to reduce the population of the earth. Think of the movie Elysium. Don’t be fooled.
Anonymous, why do you say ridiculous things like this? Hospitals are FULL in southern california. Bodybags have been ordered. Refrigerator trucks being used as makeshift morgues. Save lives, don’t spread weird conspiracy theories.Q
Anonymous is more right than you know.