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The Congregation underlines how “the use of such vaccines does not mean formal cooperation in abortion from where the cells with which the vaccines were produced are derived “.
Dispel moral doubts – A note from the old Holy Office, explicitly approved by the Pontiff, gives the green light, in this time of pandemic, to vaccines produced with cell lines from two fetuses aborted in the 1960s. The document, published while many countries are preparing To implement vaccination campaigns, it intervenes in an authorized manner to clarify doubts and questions that have arisen from sometimes contradictory statements on the subject.
Previous – The note “on the morality of the use of some anti-Covid 19 vaccines” recalls three previous pronouncements on the same subject: that of the Pontifical Academy for Life in 2005, the Instruction of the Cdf Dignitas Personae of 2008, and finally a Pav’s new note from 2017.
“Differentiated responsibilities” – The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith does not “pretend to judge the safety and efficacy” of current vaccines against Covid-19, which is the responsibility of researchers and pharmaceutical agencies, but rather focuses on the moral aspect. The Dignitas Personae Instruction, approved by Benedict XVI, specified in this regard that “there are differentiated responsibilities”, because “in companies that use cell lines of illicit origin, the responsibility of those who decide the direction of production is not identical to that of those who do not they have decision-making power. “
“Cooperation on the evil of abortion is remote” – Resuming the 2008 Instruction, the note comments that, when “ethically non-exceptional” vaccines against Covid-19 are not available for various reasons, it is “morally acceptable” to vaccinate with those who have used cell lines from aborted fetuses. The reason for agreeing is that cooperation in the evil of abortion, in the case of those who are vaccinated, is “remote” and the moral duty to avoid it “is not binding” if we are facing “a serious danger, such as the spread of a serious pathogen. “
The appeal for pharmaceutical companies – The note also calls on pharmaceutical companies and government health agencies to “produce, approve, distribute and offer ethically acceptable vaccines that do not create problems of conscience.”
“Who does not want to be vaccinated, become harmless” – Those who, for reasons of conscience, reject vaccines produced with cell lines originating in aborted fetuses, must “strive to avoid, by other means of prophylaxis and appropriate behaviors, becoming vehicles for the transmission of the infectious agent.” To avoid “any risk to the health” of the most vulnerable people. Finally, the old Holy Office defines “a moral imperative” to ensure that “effective as well as ethically acceptable vaccines” are accessible “even to the poorest countries and in a way that is not costly for them”, because the lack of access to vaccines “would become another reason for discrimination and injustice.”
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