Archbishop: Catholic Troops CAN Reject COVID Vaccine Based on Religious Beliefs

President Biden’s administration wants to coerce Americans to get vaccinated.

The Archbishop for Military Services Timothy Broglio said that our brave men and women in uniform should not be coerced into taking the COVID vaccine.

Abp. of U.S. Military, Timothy Broglio, “This circumstance raises the question of whether [the CDF’s vaccine document] precludes an individual from forming a sincerely held *religious* belief that receiving the vaccine would violate his conscience. It does not.”

— MrCasey (@MrCasey62) October 14, 2021

“On 24 August 2021, the Secretary of Defense issued a memorandum directing the mandatory vaccination of all services members against COVID-19,” Broglio wrote. “Since then, some service members have refused to take the vaccine and have requested a religious accommodation through the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.”

“This circumstance raises the question of whether the vaccine’s moral permissibility precludes an individual from forming a sincerely held religious belief that receiving the vaccine would violate his conscience. It does not,” the archbishop wrote.

While military members are mandated to be vaccinated, Archbishop Timothy Broglio said Tuesday that denying troops religious exemptions to the vaccine would be “contrary to federal law and morally reprehensible.”https://t.co/uC0xFJeSpO

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) October 13, 2021

Many Catholics have objections to the vaccine’s connection to abortion. While the Vatican has said it is permissible and not sinful for a Catholic to take the COVID vaccine, Archbishop Broglio has affirmed that people can have good reasons, based on their faith, to refuse the vaccine.

“No one should be forced to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if it would violate the sanctity of his or her conscience,” said Archbishop Timothy Broglio.

US troops who are #Catholic can refuse to comply with the #VaccineMandate, the military’s archbishop said. https://t.co/ONEUnx1Oc3

— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) October 14, 2021

Americans have different views on the vaccines, and millions of citizens have chosen to take them. But other people have chosen not to take the vaccine for different reasons, including medical or religious concerns. 

Countless Southwest Airlines employees have walked out of their jobs to oppose the vaccine mandate, causing operations to effectively shut down

Imagine the dysfunction that we’d see when such protests are taken up by the US military, police & other sections of the working class pic.twitter.com/xf1oZc5Z8a

— Alexei Arora (@AlexeiArora) October 10, 2021

In a free country, people should be able to make their own medical decisions about whether to get vaccinated or not, and we should respect what they choose. Archbishop Broglio is standing up for the medical freedom rights of our brave men and women in uniform.
Do you think Biden needs to back down on his vaccine mandate plan? Do you think Americans should be free to make their own medical decisions? Let us know below!

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