Vaccine Guidance

Catholic Charities' Message on COVID-19 Vaccine

with Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M.

Bishop O'Connell calls for prayer as one-year mark of pandemic is observed
3/11/2021 9:19:00 AM
On this first anniversary of the World Health Organization’s March 11, 2020, declaration of COVID-19 as a world-wide pandemic, we continue to confront the challenges it has imposed. 

Latest COVID-19 vaccine can be used in good conscience, U.S. bishops’ committee member says
3/8/2021 2:12:00 PM
In a new video, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine reiterated that use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine "can be used in good moral conscience."

USCCB committee chairmen address the use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
3/2/2021 4:34:00 PM
“While we should continue to insist that pharmaceutical companies stop using abortion-derived cell lines ... we affirm again that being vaccinated can be an act of charity that serves the common good,” according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Pope, Bishop advocate for COVID-19 vaccine as moral choice

1/11/2021 12:45:00 PM
Pope Francis has urged people to register and take a COVID vaccine as soon as possible, revealing in a new interview that he expects to get his own first dose this week. "I believe that, morally, everyone must take the vaccine … because it is about your life but also the lives of others."