Throughout the past few weeks, there have been many conversations within the Catholic community about the safety and morality of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Archdiocese of Washington supports and affirms the statement published on March 2, 2021 by the USCCB. We have provided the information above to respond to any questions you might have about the COVID-19 vaccine and Catholic moral teaching on this matter.
For more information on the vaccines and their development, you can review a Catholic Standard interview with Dr. David Diemert, a medical doctor and scientist who is part of a team researching a potential COVID-19 vaccine here. https://cathstan.org/.../in-interview-covid-19-vaccine...
The USCCB has also published an internal memo on this issue, you can find it on their website.
Finally, the Office of Life Issues recently published an article with more information in the Catholic Standard. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Office of Life Issues at windelsk@adw.org if you would like more information or resources.