COVID-19 Vaccine

The federal government is sending four (4) free covid rapid tests to each home in the nation. No identification nor proof of residency is required.
Simply go to covidtests.gov (English) or covidtests.gov/es/ (Spanish) to place your free order.

21.03.12 USCCB's Resource Kit on COVID-19 Vaccines for Church Leaders
The Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has recently
published a resource kit to assist parish priests, diocesan offices, and health and social service
agencies to help communicate with the faithful regarding COVID-19 vaccines. The resources
include materials about the COVID-19 vaccine for varied audiences, relevant quotes from Pope
Francis and Episcopal Conferences, links to useful information, and short messages for websites,
parish bulletins, or other media. More>
 
21.03.03 Archbishop John C. Wester's Statement on the Ethics of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine More>
210303 Arzobispo John C. Wester sobre la ética de la vacuna contra COVID-19 de Johnson & Johnson En Español>

21.03.02 U.S. Bishop Chairmen for Doctrine and for Pro-Life Address the Use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine: http://ow.ly/gFOU50DOjL9

21.01.23 USCCB's Moral Guidance on Vaccines 

Moral Considerations Regarding the New COVID-19 Vaccines More> 

Vaccines and Other Entanglements with Abortion By Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center (See www.ncbcenter.org and www.fathertad.com.)

21.01.07 USCCB's letter sharing COVID-19 vaccine educational resources More>

21.01.06 USCCB Answers Key Ethical Questions About COVID-19 Vaccines
The development of vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has received much public attention and raised several ethical questions related to their development and use. This document is intended to provide concise answers to some of those ethical questions as well as links to more in-depth resources. More>
21.01.06 La Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB por sus siglas en inglés) responde a preguntas éticas clave sobre las vacunas COVID-19
El desarrollo de vacunas para combatir la pandemia de COVID-19 ha recibido mucha atención pública y ha generado varias interrogantes éticas relacionadas con su desarrollo y uso. El presente documento tiene por objeto dar respuestas concisas a algunas de esas interrogantes éticas, así como proporcionar enlaces a recursos más detallados. En Espanol>

20.12.14  Archbishop John C. Wester provides the Statement on Moral Concerns about the Creation of a Vaccine for COVID-19 from Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas and United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and of Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend and USCCB Chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, addressing moral concerns about the creation of a vaccine for COVID-19 for all in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. 
For more information, please contact the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life 505.831.8167.
USCCB's Statement on Moral Concerns about the Creation of a Vaccine for COVID-19

Obispos Presidentes de los Comités de Actividades Pro-Vida y Doctrina abordan las preocupaciones éticas relacionadas a las vacunas contra el COVID-19

Must Catholics Refuse a COVID-19 Vaccine Made With a Cell Line from an Abortion? By Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center (See www.ncbcenter.org and www.fathertad.com.)
Included below is information comparing some of the COVID-19 vaccine candidates that may become available in the U.S. in terms of their association with abortion-derived cell lines, helpfully collated by the Charlotte Lozier Institute and alphabetically arranged:

20.11.24 USCCB Memo: The Moral Permissibility of Covid-19 Vaccines

20.11.20 USCCB Memo re COVID-19 Vaccines. "There appears to be some confusion in the media regarding the moral permissibility of using vaccines for COVID-19 developed by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna. We would like to offer some clarifications." 
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COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates and Abortion-Derived Cell Lines (provided by Charlotte Lozier Institute)

Fact Sheet: COVID Vaccines & Fetal Cell Lines (provided by Charlotte Lozier Institute)

12 Things Less-Remote Cooperation in Evil Than COVID Vaccines - The USCCB indicated that Catholics can morally take the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines....There is a concern about remote material cooperation in evil. The USCCB notes it in their statement. However, some have thought this so grave that Catholics should not get vaccinated.
Receiving these vaccines is so remote that in our everyday lives we do things that are more proximate cooperation in evil. At a certain degree of remoteness, cooperation in evil is unavoidable living in modern society. I will point out first how remote this is in the case of COVID vaccination, then 12 other things that are less remote. On top of these being less remote, the proportionate good of these is less than a vaccine; vaccination in the abstract is a great good for you and others.