A series of letter templates released by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) allows Catholic to contact vaccine makers and ask them to stop relying on cell lines from aborted babies.
The letter templates, released in February by the USCCB, thank the companies for their work on vaccines for COVID-19 and other diseases, while asking them to avoid using cell lines from aborted babies in the future.
Fr. Kyle Ratuiste, a bioethicist in the Diocese of Spokane, explained that “taking practical steps to oppose the use of abortion-derived cell lines helps reinforce our personal conscience, especially if we ourselves have benefited from the vaccine.”
Ratuiste also encouraged Catholics to donate to research organizations that are pursuing ethical alternatives. He pointed to the John Paul II Medical Research Institute, which has worked for years to research alternatives to embryonic stem cells and is currently working to develop its own COVID-19 vaccine.
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVD-19 vaccines use a cell line derived from an aborted baby in their testing process, which is common in many contemporary pharmaceuticals, including a wide variety of over-the-counter medications.
The Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine has a stronger link to abortion-derived cell lines, which are used in its testing, development, and production.
Templates are available for letters to AstraZeneca, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna, Pfizer, and Sanofi Pasteur.
The Archdiocese of San Francisco is taking part in the letter-writing campaign. Valerie Schmalz, director of the Office of Human Life & Dignity for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, told CNA that a letter about the campaign was sent out to all priests in the archdiocese for the Feast of the Annunciations. In addition, a video was sent out in the weekly Flocknote message, with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone encouraging people to participate.
Full story at Catholic News Agency.
Refusing to take abortion tainted vaccines sends a loud message too. Catholics must stand up to pro vaxx bullies who try to browbeat us into submission.
Ethical Catholics need to stand up to the anti-vaxxers and demonstrate that human lives are saved by the mRNA vaccines, which are synthetically made not using any cell lines, do not contain any baby parts, and that any testing that was done did not abort any babies.
Clearly, “ethical” to you means not looking at the facts concerning these morally compromised vaccines.
I’m not taking a vaccine developed and/or manufactured at the expense of babies lives. I’m willing to die on that hill. Who is with me?
Can you please prove the the mRNA vaccines were developed or manufactured at the expense a a baby’s life? Prove the accusation please.
You need to do your own research so your eyes can be opened by the mountain of evidence.
I’ll take a bullet to my head before I take an abortion-compromised Death Vax.
All the vaccines are experimental, not finally approved after rigorous testing. Anyone who gets jabbed does so at his own risk.
What you all need to know:
https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/5361-sspx-pastor-on-covid-vaccinations
Will have no effect. Template letters are provided by the bishops? If I were a CEO of one of those companies raking in billions from the vaccine sales, I’d completely ignore the template letters. Any Catholic who thinks such a letter will make any difference is deluded.
Bishops are proving themselves bumbling fools once again.
Waiting to see how they will bungle responding to the accelerated disaffiliation of Catholics from Mass and from the Church that the shutdown has caused. Percent of Catholics attending Mass weekly: 30…. 20…. 10…..
So, all the United States bishops (with only a few exceptions) recommend that we take the abortion tainted vaccines, their template letter starts by thanking the vaccine manufacturers for the abortion tainted vaccine, and then the letter request that they ask them to avoid using aborted baby cells in the future. We are supposed to think this will be effective? We are being addressed by the bishops as though we are fools.
Regardless of efficacy and your prudential judgment about COVID vaccines, the Vatican and the bishops of the United States have urged us to urge vaccine manufacturers to ethically produce vaccines, not only for COVID, but for all uses.
We can complain about abortion-tainted vaccines, but, here’s an opportunity to do something about it.
I strongly encourage you to get your stamps out and head to your printer.
It is estimated that a hard-copy letter has ten times the impact of an email. If even a small percentage of Christians and others who value the life of preborn babies send letters, we will see this situation change for future vaccine development.
Take a stand for life!
And, thank you California Catholic Daily for posting this.
I have done my own research and the mRNA vaccines are chemically synthesized and never see any cells, and not a single fetus is aborted to make them. Not even a single one. Any notion to the contrary is a lie.
Here, for example is the way the State of North Dakota, hardly a bastion of the liberal left, explains it to their citizens. It takes all of the questions into account, including the positions of the Catholic Bishops and the Baptists. It starts from the science, works towards the moral questions, and explains it all quite clearly.
https://www.health.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/COVID%20Vaccine%20Page/COVID-19_Vaccine_Fetal_Cell_Handout.pdf
YFC, Did you read it?
Seen in the Covid-19_Vaccine_Fetal_Cell_Handout.pdf:
pg2 “Early in the development of mRNA vaccine technology,
fetal cells were used for “proof of concept”
(to demonstrate how a cell could take up mRNA and
produce the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein)
or to characterize the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ”
This shows that mRNA technology (of Pfizer, Moderma, etc vaccines)
were made possible only
by the access, culture, modification, testing, and observation of aborted fetal cells.
That is where the concept of “remote cooperation in evil” and “moral relativity”
comes into play.
Prior to the above quote on pg2:
“The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna do not require the use of any fetal cell cultures in order to manufacture (produce) the vaccine”
This is double-speak in which the meaning of “manufacture(produce)” is separated from “create” and “develop”
Another double=speak on pg1 is:
” Any (Covid or other) vaccine that relies on these historic cell lines ( HEK-293, PER.C6) will not require nor solicit new abortions.”
That is because the cells are already accessed and cultured.
But it has been said elsewhere that the early cultured fetal cell lines
get contaminated over time so there will be need for further retrieval.
And we read about “humanized mice” and “humanized-primate” for organ transplant
The acceptance of any fetal cell usage encourages more.
We need to be congruent. The best way to oppose the use of abortion-derived cell lines vaccine is not to get vaccinated, especially if it is for a virus where 98% of those infected have recovered! Use alternative methods (such as Ivermectin) that have proven to be effective (over 99%), and let the Pharmaceutical companies know why you are opposed to their vaccine.
The Saints gave is example of courage and fortitude to fight until the end for what is right… even if that means giving up our lives.
Oh good God. Ivermectin does not work to treat COVID, and boasting upon the fact that 98% of people don’t die hides the fact that over a half million Americans have died, and more than 3 million have died worldwide, and these are among those 2 percent who DO die is a horrible way to help people who are seriously ill. And worldwide, there are more COVID cases now than ever before. In Brazil, people who might otherwise live are being buried because they literally don’t have enough oxygen tanks. India is another tragic case. We need to be serious, responsible, and tell the truth about this virus, and do everything we can to stop it in its tracks.
https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19
Ivermectin does work. And Covid is just a strong flu. How many flu deaths in the US and worldwide over the last year? Almost none. Covid deaths have replaced the flu. Hmm……
COVID is not a flu. They are not the same thing. The reason we have almost no flu deaths this year is because most people have been responsible about masking, distancing, outsiding, and not gathering with other people. Flu deaths fluctuate in number, but typically, the US sees a couple ten thousand fatalities due to flu. This year we saw a tiny fraction of that. But instead, we saw over a half million Americans die of a virus which is definitely NOT a flu virus.
Ivermectin does not work to treat or prevent COVID. I provided guidance from the CDC. If you have actual evidence that contradicts that, please provide it. Meantime, you might want to avoid listening to the weird pillow guy and other crack addicts.
It’s all on Ann Barnhardt’s website.
Your Fellow Katholic: “Ivermectin does not work to treat or prevent COVID.”
Totally bogus claim. And yet numerous doctors disagree with you. I guess they’re just liars?
Your Fellow Katholic: “If you have actual evidence that contradicts that, please provide it.”
It’s on the internet. If I can find it, then you can find it.
Your Fellow Katholic: “Meantime, you might want to avoid listening to the weird pillow guy and other crack addicts.”
What a _mean_ thing to say about someone who’s acknowledged his sin and repented of it. That is _not_ how Catholics treat other people.
In charity, perhaps YFC is particularly cranky because he needs a good night’s sleep on a brand new pillow from MyPillow.com using promocode Poso. You’re welcome.
Anonymous: “It’s all on Ann Barnhardt’s website.”
People can also learn more by going here — https://covid19criticalcare.com — or they can start by just doing a simple search like this one — ivermectin site:https://www.lifesitenews.com.
Ivermectin is indisputably safe and FDA approved. Only liars and the ignorant deny this. And there’s a ton of clinical evidence that Ivermectin’s extremely effective in quickly treating COVID-19, minus the terrible risks of taking any of the so-called COVID vaccines that harming and killing people in the U.S. and abroad.
All the evidence for this is on the internet and Catholics should learn about it. What Catholics should _not_ be doing right now is trusting the American bishops. With few exceptions, they are grossly misinformed on just about everything relevant to this issue, as if they couldn’t discredit themselves even more.
I know this is late but I’ll try to get your attention.
https://thecovidblog.com/ivermectin/
There are currently at least 89 studies, with 48 being peer-reviewed (as of April 17, 2021), showing that Ivermectin is highly effective in treating COVID-19 in early stages and as prophylaxis (preventative measure).
https://c19ivermectin.com/
Database of all ivermectin COVID-19 studies. 89 studies, 48 peer reviewed, 52 with results comparing treatment and control groups. Submit updates/corrections below.
Your Phellow Katholic says, “Ivermectin does not work to treat COVID.”
Ridiculous.
To illlustrate with but a fraction of the peer-reviewed research available, we can look to a recent article from the journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases — Roberto R. Hirsch, Hector E. Carvallo, “Ivermectin as Prophylaxis Against COVID-19: Retrospective Cases Evaluation,” 4:4 (2020): 1-8.:
Well, Juan, I give you credit for actually citing a source. Your source, however, failed to provide a control group, did no statistical analysis on their results, and it would never be considered a serious biomedical study. I’ve seen high school science fair entries that conducted better research.
It is true that one bad study doesn’t eliminate the possibility that it might help some patients. Its just that nobody has proven it yet.
Here is an article just today about the ins and outs of the ivermectin question. Ivermectin might help. But it certainly doesn’t help as much as a vaccine, and as a treatment regimen, I’d rather have a corticosteroid which have rigorous science behind them, but since I am fully vaccinated, I hope to never need it. https://www.politico.eu/article/rise-and-fall-of-coronavirus-miracle-cure-ivermectin/
And I hope you never will either.
Your Phell-o Katholic: “I’ve seen high school science fair entries that conducted better research.”
Nice try, but you’re trying way too hard.
Oh enough from you and your covid beliefs. Trust the CDC, they say, trust YFC you say. No to both of you, I say.
YFC : HEK 293. Cells used in vaccines.
Not in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. They are synthesized from raw materials.
YFC you are wrong. Human Embryonic Kidney cells were used in the research for them both. Disgusting, but you must tell the truth.
Do y’all actually read what I write or do you just react reflexively Ike when a kid gets their knees tapped by the doctor? I have said repeatedly that cell lines were used in testing. But I have also said what is also true: the mRNA vaccines are not manufactured using ingredients from cell lines. They are manufactured/synthesized from raw materials. There are no baby parts in the mRNA vaccines. There are no ingredients in those vaccines derived from fetal call lines.
Talk about splitting the dead baby. Shame on you for your continuing defense of using aborted babies at all. Truly disgusting.
What is truly disgusting is that you continue to tell lies and defend allowing innocent people to die because of your lies.
A letter writing campaign? What is this, a high school class project?
Vaccine Adverse Events. Centers for Disease Control’s own data.
Of the 2,602 deaths reported as of April 8, 27% occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, 19% occurred within 24 hours and 41% occurred in people who became ill within 48 hours of being vaccinated.
In the U.S., 174.9 million COVID vaccine doses had been administered as of April 8. This includes 79.6 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine, 90.3 million doses of Pfizer and 4.9 million doses of the J&J COVID vaccine.
As of April 8
This week’s VAERS data show:
19% of deaths were related to cardiac disorders.
55% of those who died were male, 43% were female and the remaining death reports did not include gender of the deceased.
The average age of those who died was 77 and the youngest death was an 18-year-old. There are a few reported deaths in children under 18, but these reports contained errors.
As of April 8, 408 pregnant women had reported adverse events related to COVID vaccines, including 114 reports of miscarriage or premature birth.
Of the 678 cases of Bell’s Palsy reported, 59% of cases were reported after Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations, 38% following vaccination with the Moderna vaccine and 24 cases (4%) of Bell’s Palsy were reported with J&J.
There were 77 reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome with 55% of cases attributed to Pfizer, 40% to Moderna and 10% to J&J.
There were 20,021 reports of anaphylaxis with 47% of cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine, 46% to Moderna and 7% to J&J.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/vaers-reports-clotting-disorders-all-three-emergency-use-authorization-vaccines/
A major health care provider (Kaiser) has paused using the Johnson and Johnson vaccine as it has led to some serious rare blood clots in some people. Other doctors are reporting women having miscarriages after receiving the vaccines and serious problems with their menstrual cycles.
Lots of women have miscarriages before the vaccine as well.