The Vatican has issued a decision that employees who do not receive the COVID-19 vaccine will lose their jobs before returning the statement amid widespread criticism.
The February 8 edict by Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, the governor of Vatican City, said workers who refused to be vaccinated without sufficient reason would be subject to a 2011 law calling for ‘different consequences that could lead to dismissal. ‘
Thousands of workers commuted from Italy to the small town state, and many Italians took to social media to slander the order and call it ruthless and contrary to the teachings of Pope Francis.
Bertello said Thursday night that “alternative solutions” would be found for government officials who refused to get the vaccine.
Some advocates against abortion have ethical objections to coronavirus vaccines created using stem cells.
In December, Vatican officials endorsed the COVID-19 vaccinations in a statement that read: “It is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used aborted fetal cell lines in their research and production process.”
Pope Francis received his first shot with former Pope Benedict in January when the Vatican launched its COVID-19 vaccination program.
The weakened leader of the Catholic Church is demanding that journalists traveling to Iraq next month receive the vaccine.
Only about 800 people live in the 108 acre land, which has seen less than 30 cases of coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic; most of them under the Swiss guard, who live in a communal barracks.
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