There seems to be an assumption that dioceses should establish mandatory policies regarding vaccines that every Catholic school must follow. I disagree with that premise. As the article itself indicates reasonable people can disagree over what is the best policy, and there is certainly no Catholic or Biblical teaching mandating one polic…
There seems to be an assumption that dioceses should establish mandatory policies regarding vaccines that every Catholic school must follow. I disagree with that premise. As the article itself indicates reasonable people can disagree over what is the best policy, and there is certainly no Catholic or Biblical teaching mandating one policy or another. Pastors, principals and others involved in running parish and other Catholic schools are perfectly capable of what is best for their particular school. If different parishes in the same area have different policies that is a good thing. Parents who prefer safety over individual accommodations can choose a school who has that policy and parents who want individual accommodations will choose a school that makes these accommodations. For this and many other issues, dioceses should not treat parishes like hotel or restaurant franchises that all have to have to do everything the same way.
There seems to be an assumption that dioceses should establish mandatory policies regarding vaccines that every Catholic school must follow. I disagree with that premise. As the article itself indicates reasonable people can disagree over what is the best policy, and there is certainly no Catholic or Biblical teaching mandating one policy or another. Pastors, principals and others involved in running parish and other Catholic schools are perfectly capable of what is best for their particular school. If different parishes in the same area have different policies that is a good thing. Parents who prefer safety over individual accommodations can choose a school who has that policy and parents who want individual accommodations will choose a school that makes these accommodations. For this and many other issues, dioceses should not treat parishes like hotel or restaurant franchises that all have to have to do everything the same way.