On May 3
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of this year, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò published a letter, "
Appeal for the Church and the World — to Catholics and to those of goodwill
, ”discussing the various infringements of fundamental human rights due to the current pandemic.
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Archbishop Viganò urges the public to be vigilant of these infringements and take a stand against governments favoring these violations of fundamental human rights.
Cleveland Right to Life, leading the way, is one of the original signatories on the appeal
along with other Church leaders, medical specialists, legal experts, scholars, and other professionals.
Archbishop Viganò noted the seriousness of this pandemic but censured motivations based on commercial and political interests. He warned governments and leaders to be ready to take action against companies that would take advantage of the COVID-19 crisis just for their profits. The Archbishop reminded leaders and the Catholic community of the moral duty to spurn the development and use of aborted fetal tissue in vaccines.
A technology called PER C6, developed in the 1980s derived from fetal tissue, was recently found within the British vaccine development.
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Unfortunately, another pharmaceutical company has reported using this technology in their development of a vaccine.
Johnson and Johnson
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, through Janssen Pharmaceutical, discussed the use of this technology during their attempts at creating a vaccination for COVID-19. One of their scientists derived it, years ago, from the retina tissue of a fetus.
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused the loss of many freedoms conferred to people as basic rights that should not be interfered with in any situation. As the Archbishop warned, there is another underlying interest, which lies with the abortion industry and its supporters.
It is imperative to stop this process at its beginning, by informing others and refusing to participate in the trials of these developmental vaccines that have used these technologies derived from aborted human fetuses.
