Vaccines Archives

Catholic agency works to ‘correct vaccine myths’ during Congo’s Ebola fight
- Church in Africa
- Sep 26, 2019
A leading U.S. Catholic aid agency will be working to “correct vaccine myths” as the World Health Organization prepares to begin using a second experimental Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Manila bishop urges Filipinos to have children vaccinated against polio
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
- Sep 24, 2019
Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo called on Filipinos to have their children vaccinated against the poliovirus immediately after the nation’s health officials declared a polio outbreak.
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Final push begins for ‘people’s veto’ referendums on assisted suicide, vaccines in Maine
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Sep 2, 2019
Organizers of ballot measures aimed at undoing the Death With Dignity Act, restoring religious exemptions for vaccines, and stopping taxpayer funding for abortions through Medicaid are making a final push for petitions to stop the laws from going into effect.
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Vaccines preserve ‘moral health’ of communities, say church experts

In early May, the first confirmed case of the measles was reported in the Albany Diocese. Albany Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger said: “We have a responsibility not only to protect our own health and that of our dependents, but also the community” through vaccinations.

In 21st century Catholicism, you can’t ignore Africa anymore

Church

Nov 20, 2014

It’s commonplace to say that the Catholic Church, and the Vatican in particular, needs to hear the voices of the developing world. Two-thirds of the planet’s 1.2 billion Catholics now live outside the West, a share that will reach three-quarters by mid-century, and it seems only fair that those folks