Getting a COVID Vaccine has become a religious belief. Last week, we reported on a pastor in Boston at Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist, Reverend Miniard Culpepper, who met with other pastors and came up with a plan to sell the COVID vaccine to parishioners.
As part of the sale, he and other pastors publicly took the jab. When followers of the congregation saw them get vaccinated, they signed up for the shot. Martini Shaw, a pastor of Philadelphia’s St. Thomas Episcopal Church, told the Philadelphia Inquirer, “The church has always been the focal point of where people have been able to come in terms of joyous times and celebratory times, but also in times of need.”
Reuters reported that Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, governor of Vatican City, issued a decree stating the “responsible choice” was to get vaccinated or otherwise risk harming others. The decree included threats that those working for the Vatican not willing to get the vaccination could be subject to “varying degrees of consequences that could lead to dismissal.”
The decree followed the Pope’s statement on 9 January:
“I believe that ethically everyone should take the vaccine. It is not an option, it is an ethical choice because you are gambling with your health, with your life, but you are also gambling with the lives of others.”
Pope Francis, 84 years old, also generated a media event five days later when he was shown getting the shot.
But the Cardinal bowed to public criticism of his decree just a few days later after a large number of Italian citizens, according to Reuters, “took to Twitter to criticize it, with some saying it was contrary to Pope Francis’ general call for mercy.”
Cardinal Bertello then softened his previous statements, saying “alternative solutions” would be made available for those unwilling to take the shot.
Only 246 people live within the walls of Vatican City. To date, there have been 27 cases of coronavirus and zero deaths.
TRENDPOST: As we continue to note, never a peep from the mainstream media, politicians, or the reported religious orders about natural healing solutions that may prevent catching the coronavirus.
To help build your immune system and stay healthy, we’ve added a new column to the Trends Journal, “Trends in Getting Healthy” by Gary Null. (See this week’s new article, “HEALTH & WELL-BEING: IN YOUR OWN HANDS.”)
