U.S. BISHOPS ADDRESS CONCERN OVER JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE

“WASHINGTON (CNS) — Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, approved Feb. 27 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, raises moral concerns because it was “was developed, tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines,” the chairmen of two U.S. bishops committees said March 2.

“The bishops concluded, however, that ‘while we should continue to insist that pharmaceutical companies stop using abortion-derived cell lines, given the world-wide suffering that this pandemic is causing, we affirm again that being vaccinated can be an act of charity that serves the common good.’”

To read the USCCB’s Catholic News Service’s entire article, click here.

Click here to read the March 2 joint statement of the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine and the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities.