In part two of his interview, Dr. John Di Camillo addresses how the Catholic understanding of the common good can help inform responses to ongoing ethical concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, as well as mandates.
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Dr. John Di Camillo discusses his presentation on COVID-19 vaccines and mandates from the 2022 NCBC Bishops Workshop. In part one of this interview, John focuses on the latest available information concerning COVID vaccines and how this information should inform judgments of conscience.
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In part two of our interview, attorney Jonathan Berry offers a legal perspective of religious and conscience objection, and he discusses what is reasonable (and not reasonable) in terms of requesting such an exemption. He also suggests what individuals can do when facing termination for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Attorney Jonathan Berry explains the legal and constitutional challenges to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and he clarifies the status of these challenges in the federal courts to date.
Update: Just hours after this interview was recorded, a three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the Biden vaccine mandate. Boyden Gray filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court within 45 minutes of that ruling.
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Dr. David Prentice, Vice President and Research Director at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, joins Joe Zalot to offer a pro-life, scientific perspective on challenging, and controversial, questions concerning COVID-19 vaccines.
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NCBC ethicist John Di Camillo joins Joe Zalot to discuss the Center’s response to institutions––including Catholic institutions––mandating COVID-19 vaccines.
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In part two of his interview, Tom Shakely, Chief Engagement Officer at Americans United for Life, explains how through executive order, policy, and legislation, Joe Biden has used his presidency to both promote and expand abortion..
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Michael Vacca of the Christ Medicus Foundation joins Joe Zalot for part 2 of his interview discussing how First Amendment religious liberty protections have been challenged during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Michael Vacca of the Christ Medicus Foundation joins Joe Zalot to discuss how First Amendment religious liberty protections have been challenged during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dr. John Grabenstein joins Joe Zalot to discuss the Regeneron cocktail that President Donald Trump received as part of his treatment for COVID-19.
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NCBC President Joseph Meaney and Staff Ethicist John Di Camillo join Joe Zalot to discuss ethical challenges concerning COVID-19 vaccines.
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Fr. Tad Pacholczyk and Dr. John Grabenstein join Joe Zalot to discuss the use, or non-use, of aborted fetal cells in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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NCBC President Joseph Meaney joins Joe Zalot to discuss his experience of being denied the sacraments during a recent hospital stay.
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Archbishop Joseph Naumann (Kansas City, Kansas), chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Greg Schleppenbach, associate director of the USCCB’s Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, join Joe Zalot to discuss the work of the Pro-Life Committee and the US bishops’ call for the development of an ethical COVID-19 vaccine.
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NCBC ethicist John A. DiCamillo joins the podcast to answer concerns about COVID-19 and ethical challenges to vaccine development.
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NCBC President Joseph Meaney and John Brehany, director of institutional relations, answer concerns voiced by Catholic health care professionals. They also describe essential elements of ethical triage protocols—especially when it comes to triage teams and exclusionary criteria—and they discuss whether health care providers can withdraw treatment or place a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order without patient consent.
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